Category: V

In Scotch practice. An emphatic or essential word. 2 Alis. Crim. Pr. 280.

Lat In Roman law. Bail or security; the giving of ball for appearance in court; a recognizance. Calvin.

A policy Is called “valued,” when the parties, having agreed upon the value of the interest insured, in order to save the necessity of further proof have inserted the valuation In the

One who was in dignity uext to a baron. Britt 109; Bract lib. 1, e. a One who held of a baron. Enc. Brit

Hunting. Cowell.

L. Lat. In old pleading. Comes and defends. The proper words of appearance and defense in an action. 1 Ld. Raym. 117.

In English law. Officers who carry white wands before the justices of either bench. Cowell. Mentioned In VERIFICATION 1203 VEST Fleta, as officers of the king’s court, who oppressed the people by

A phrase including all things, trees excepted, which grow upon the surface of the land, and clothe it externally. Ham. N. P. 151.

Lat. A right of way over another’s land.

Lat In the civil law. Sustenance; support; the means of living.

In old English law, this word was used to signify the parts into which a hun- dred or wapentake was divided. It also signifies a town or city.

In Roman law. A rod or wand; and. from the use of that instrument in their course, various legal acts came to be distinguished by the term; e. g., one of the

The privy members of a man, to cut off which was felony by the common law, though the party consented to it Bract 1. 3, 144; Cowell.

In old English law. The mistake of a clerk; a clerical error.. Vitium clerici nocere non debet. Jenk. Cent 23. A clerical error ought not to hurt Vitium est quod fugi debet,

L. Fr. To speak the truth. This phrase denotes the preliminary examination which the court may make of one presented as a witness or juror, where his competency, interest, etc., is objected

Seaweed. It is used in great quantities by the inhabitants of Jersey and Guernsey for manure, and also for fuel by the poorer classes. VS. An abbreviation for versus, (against,) constantly used

Lat A pledge; security by pledge of property. Coggs v. Bernard, 2 I.d Raym. 913.

A person whose business is to appraise or set a value upon property.

The tenants of the manor of Bradford, in the county of Wilts, paid a yearly rent by this name to their lord, iu lieu of veal paid formerly in kind. Wharton.

To sell; to transfer the ownership of an article to another for a price in money. The term is not commonly applied to the sale of real estate, although its deriva- tives