Category: V

L. Fr. In old English law. A vivum vadium or living pledge, as distin- guished from a mortgage or dead pledge. Properly, an estate given as security for a debt, the debt

Lat. In tbe Roman law, au obligation is defined as a vinculum juris, i. e., “a bond of law,” whereby one party becomes or is bound to another to do something according

In old English law. The verge; the bounds of the king’s household, within which the court of the steward had jurisdiction. Crabb, Eng. Law, 185.

L. Fr. The neighborhood; vicinage; venue. Ex parte McNeeley, 36 W. Va. 84, 14 S. E. 436, 15 L. B. A. 220, 32 Am. St. Bep. 831; State v. Kemp, 34 Minn.

In feudal law. To summon to court Feud. Lib. 2, tit. 22.

Lat. A vow or promise. Dies votorum, the wedding day. Fleta 1. 1, c. 4.

Lat. The vacant possession,

Lat. Value of the marriage. In feudal law, the guardian in chivalry had the right of tendering to his infant ward a suitable match, without “dis- paragement,” (inequality,) which, if the infants

The tenure or holding of a vassal. Cowell.

The office of dog-leader, or courser. Cowell.

A kneeling or low prostration on the ground by penitents; pardon.

L. Lat. In old English law. A verdict; a declaration of the truth of a matter in issue, submitted to a jury for trial. Veredictum, quasi dictum veritatis; nt judicium quasi juris

In ecclesiastical law. The place in a church where the priest’s vestures are deposited. Also an assembly of the minister, church-wardens, and parishioners, usually held iu the vestry of the church, or

Lat. In the civil law. Of goods taken away by force. The name of an action given by the pnetor as a remedy for the violent taking of another’s property. Inst 4,

In Scotch law. A meddling with the movables of a de- ceased, without confirmation or probate of his will or other title. Wharton.

In ecclesiastical law. The eve or next day before any solemn feast.

Lat. In the civil law. A defender. VINDICARE 1209 VIRGA

A yard-land.

Lat. In old English practice. View; inspection, either of a place or person.

Lat. A summoning to court. In the earlier practice of the Roman law, (under the iegis actiones,) the creditor orally called upon his debtor to go with him before the praitor for