Category: V

To harass, disquiet, annoy; as by repeated litigation upon the same facts.

Petty or small tithes payable to the vicar. 2 Steph. Comm. 681.

Lat. In old English law. A king’s widow. The widow of a tenant in capite. So called, because she was not allowed to marry a second time without the king’s permission; obtaining

In old English law. Villein service. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 13,

The term “violence” is synonymous with “physical force,” and the two are used interchangeably, iu relation to assaults, by elementary writers on criminal law. State v. Wells, 31 Conn. 212.

An official indorsement upon a document, passport, commercial book, etc., to certify that it has been examined and found correct or in due form.

I.at. With the living voice; by word of mouth. As applied to the examination of witnesses, this phrase is equivalent to “orally.” It is used in contra- distinction to evidence on affidavits

Free; without compulsion or solicitation. Without consideration; without valuable consideration; gratuitous.

Lat In the civil law. Exemption ; immunity; privilege; dispensation; exemption from the burden of office. Calvin.

In old English law. A young gentleman; also a servitor or gentleman of the chamber. Cowell.

In old Scotch law. A warren. Answering to “warenna,” in old English law. Spelman.

The word “vehicle” includes every description of carriage or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on laud. Rev. St. U. S. 5 4 (U.

Lat You expose to sale. This is the name of a writ VENDITOR 1199 VENTE of execution, requiring a sale to be made, directed to a sheriff when he has levied upon

I,. Fr. True. An old form of vrai. Thus, veray, or true, tenant, is one who holds in fee-simple; veiny tenant by the manner, is the same as tenant by the manner,

They that are immediate lord aud tenant one to another. Cowell.

Lat To be harassed, vexed, or annoyed; to be prosecuted; as in the maxim, Xcmo debet bis vexari pro una et eadem causa, no one should be twice prosecuted for one and

eto. An ancient writ for a spiritual person imprisoned, upon forfeiture Q of a recoguizance, etc. Reg. Orig. 147. Vicarins non habet vicarium. A deputy has not [cannot have] a deputy. A

Lat The making a solemn profession to live a sole and chaste woman.

A person attached to a manor, who was substantially in the condition of a slave, who performed the base and servile work upon the manor for the lord, and was, in most

Characterized or caused by violence; severe; assailing the person (and metaphorically, the mind) with a great degree of force.