Category: V

Lat. In the civil law. Of goods taken away by force. The name of an action given by the pnetor as a remedy for the violent taking of another’s property. Inst 4,

In Scotch law. A meddling with the movables of a de- ceased, without confirmation or probate of his will or other title. Wharton.

In ecclesiastical law. The eve or next day before any solemn feast.

Lat. In the civil law. A defender. VINDICARE 1209 VIRGA

A yard-land.

Lat. In old English practice. View; inspection, either of a place or person.

Lat. A summoning to court. In the earlier practice of the Roman law, (under the iegis actiones,) the creditor orally called upon his debtor to go with him before the praitor for

To call upon; to call in to warranty ; to call upon the grantor or warrantor to defend the title to an estate. To vouch is to call upon, rely on, or

Lat In the civil law. Empty; void; vacant; unoccupied. Calvin.

The distinction between a good and a valuable consideration is that the former consists of blood, or of natural love and affection; as when a man grants an estate to a near

L Lat A waste or common lying open to the cattle of all tenants who have a right of commoning. Cowell.

One who leads greyhounds. Blount

Lat. To come; to appear in court This word is sometimes used as the name of the writ for summoning a jury, more commonly called a “venire facias.”

In English law. The compass of the royal court, which bounds the jurisdiction of the lord steward of the household; it seems to have been twelve miles about. Britt. 68. A quantity

A crop of grass or corn. Also a garment; metaphorically applied to a possession or seisin.

Lat. With force and arms. See TRESPASS.

Au ancient writ against the mayor or bailiff of a town, etc., for the clean keeping of their streets and lanes. Reg. Orig. 207.

Watchfulness; precaution ; a proper degree of activity and promptness in pursuing one’s rights or guarding them from Infraction, or in making or discovering opportunities for the enforcement of one’s lawful claims

Lat. In tlie civil law. To claim, or challenge; to demand one’s own; to assert a right in or to a thing; to assert or claim a property in a thing; to

A species of copyholder, who holds by the virge or rod.