VASECTOMY
The operation of castration as performed by section (cutting) of the vas deferens or spermatic cord; sometimes proposed as au iuhibitory punishment for rapists and other criminals.
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The operation of castration as performed by section (cutting) of the vas deferens or spermatic cord; sometimes proposed as au iuhibitory punishment for rapists and other criminals.
Viewers; persons sent by the court to take a view of any place in ques- tion, for the better decision of the right. It signifies, also, such as are sent to view
The person who transfers property by sale, particularly real estate, “seller” being more commonly used for one who sells personalty. He is the vendor who negotiates the sale, and becomes the recipient
An oflicer of the king’s forest, who is sworu to maintain and keep the assizes of the forest, and to view, receive, and enroll the attachments and presentments of all manner of
Accrued; fixed; settled; absolute ; having the character or giving the rights of absolute ownership; not contingent; not subject to be defeated by a condition precedent. See Scott v. West, 03 Wis.
A proceeding is said to be vexatious when the party bringing it is uot acting bona fide, and merely wishes to annoy or embarrass his opponent, or when it is not calculated
A person clothed with authority to act in place of the king; hence, the usual title of the governor of a dependency.
The right of prospect; the outlook or prospect from the windows of one’s house. A species of urban servitude which prohibits the obstruction of such prospect. 3 Kent, Comm. 448. We understand
In Spanish law. An entail. Schm. Civil Law, 308.
In old English law. A rod or staff; a rod or ensign of office. Cowell. VIR6A TERR.
Inspection; superintendence ; direction; regulation. A power given by law to the founders of all eleemosy VISITATION BOOKS 1211 VOCABULA ARTI9 nary corporations. 2 Kent, Comm. 300-303; 1 Bl. Comm. 480, 481.
A contraction for videlicet, to-wit namely, that is to say.
One who has the right of giving his voice or suffrage.
In old English law. A dairy-house. Co. Litt 56.
This term Is used to signify legal sufficiency, in contradistinction to mere regularity. “An official sale, an order, judgment, or decree may be regular,
In feudal law. A feudal tenant or grantee; a feudatory; the holder of a fief on a feudal tenure, and by the obligation of performing feudal services. The correlative term was “lord.”
In old English law. A toll-booth. Cro. Jac. 122.
A sale; generally a sale at public auction; and more particularly a sale so made under authority of law, as by a constable, sheriff, tax collector, administrator, etc.
Iu practice. The formal and unanimous decision or finding of a jury, im- paneled and sworn for the trial of a cause, upon the matters or questions duly submitted to thein upon
Lat. In the law of evidence, a vestige, mark, or sign; a trace, track, or impression left by a physical object. Fleta, 1. 1, c. 25,