Category: V

A decree of English nobility, next below that of earl. An old title of the sheriff.

Lat In the civil law. An inclosed place, where live wild animals are kept Calvin; Spelman.

Lat Properly, volition, purpose, or intention, or a design or the feeling or impulse which prompts the commission of an act; but in old English law the term was often used to

That period of time between the end of one term of court and the beginning of another. See Von Schmidt v. Widber, 99 Cal. 511, 34 Pac. 109; Colliding v. Ridgely, 112

L. Lat The value or price of anything. VALESHERIA. In old English law. The proving by the kindred of the slain, one on the father’s side, and another on that of the

In pleading and practice. A discrepancy or disagreement between two instruments or two steps iu the same cause, which ought by law to be entirely consonant Thus, if the evidence adduced by

See FEHHGERICIIT.

Lat A seller; a vendor. Inst. 3, 24; Bract fol. 41.

Lat. (Plural of verbum.) Words.

A ship, brig, sloop, or other craft used in navigation. The word is more comprehensive than “ship.” The word “vessel” includes every description of water-craft or other artificial contriv- ances used, or

Lat. A vexed question; a question often agitated or discussed, but not determined or settled: a question or point which has been differently de- termined, and so left doubtful. 7 Coke, 45b;

A fault, defect, or imperfection. In the civil law, redhibitory vices are such faults or imperfections in the subject-matter of a sale as will give the purchaser the right Sto return the

Widowhood.

A servile kind of tenure belonging to lands or tenements, whereby the tenant was bound to do all such services as the lord commanded, or were fit for a vil- lein to

Lat A man, especially as marking the sex. In the Latin phrases and maxims of the old English law, this word generally means “husband,” the expression i-ir et uxor corresponding to the

An indorsement made on a passport by the proper authorities, denoting that it has been examined, and that the person who bears it is permitted to proceed on his journey. Webster.

In English law. A place for keeping wild animals alive, including fishes; a fish pond, park, or warren.

In conveyancing, one who holds a title under a voluntary conveyance, i. e., one made without consideration, good or valuable, to support it. A person who gives his services without any express

Lat Let it be vacated. In practice, a rule or order by which a proceeding is vacated; a vacating.

was anciently a name denoting young gentlemen of rank and family, but afterwards applied to those of lower degree, and is now used for a menial servant, more particularly occupied about the