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In old European law. Sorcery ; witchcraft; the profession of the Vau- dois.

Somethiug that is bought; capable of being bought; offered for sale; mer- cenary. Used in an evil sense, such purchase or sale being regarded as corrupt and illegal.

Lat. In practice. A judicial writ, directed to the sheriff of the county in which a cause is to be tried, commanding him that he “cause to come” before tbe court, on

In Saxon law. A mulct or fine for a crime. See WEREGILD.

In old English law. The vesture of the land; that is, the corn, grass, underwood, sweepage, and the like. Co. Litt 46. See Simpson v. Coe, 4 N. H. 301.

Lat In the civil law. Way; a road; a right of way. The right of walking, riding, and driving over another’s land. Inst. 2, 3, pr. A species of rural servitude, which

Anything that belongs to the sheriffs, as vicontiel writs; i. e., such as are triable iu the sheriffs court As to vicontiel rents, see St. 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c. 99,

Lat. Strength; virtue; force; efficiency. Proprio vigore, by its own force. VIIS ET MODIS1208 VINDEX

Lat. In the civil law. The claiming a thing as one’s own ; the asserting of a right or title in or to a thing.

Lat. A pure virgin.

To litigate cavilously, vexatiously, or from merely quarrelsome motives.

Null; ineffectual; nugatory; having no legal force or binding effect; unable, in law, to support the purpose for which it was intended. “Void” does not always imply entire nullity; but it is,

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

L. Lat. In old English law. To wage or gage the duellum; to wage battel; to give pledges mutually for engaging in the trial by combat.

The utility of an object in satisfying, directly or indirectly, the needs or desires of human beings, called by economists “value in use;” or its worth consisting in the power of purchasing

The lands that a vavasour held. CowelL VAVASOUR 1198 VENDITIONI EXPONAS

Beasts caught In the woods by hunting.

A member of a panel of jurors; a juror summoned by a writ of venire facias.

L. Lat. In Scotch law. Verging towards poverty; In declining circumstances. 2 Kames, Eq. 8.

In old English law. Profit of land. “How much the vesture of an acre is worth.” Oowell.