VALUER
A person whose business is to appraise or set a value upon property.
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A person whose business is to appraise or set a value upon property.
An obsolete title of dignity next to a peer. 2 Inst. 667; 2 Steph. Comm. 612. Vans est ilia potentia quae nunquam venit in actum. That power is vain [idle or useless]
L. Lat In old records. A fore-footman. Spelman; CowelL
A Spanish-American measure of length, equal to 33 English inches or a trifle more or less, varying according to local usage. See U. S. v. Perot 98 U. S. 428, 25 L
In old Scotch law. Ward; custody; guardianship. Answering to “war- da,” in old English law. Spelman.
In old Scotch law. A warren. Answering to “warenna,” in old English law. Spelman.
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
In old Scotch law. Warranty.
Lat. In the civil law. A pledge; a surety; bail or surety in a criminal proceeding or civil action. Calvin.
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.
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.”
The state or condition of a vassal.
The tenure or holding of a vassal. Cowell.
L Lat A waste or common lying open to the cattle of all tenants who have a right of commoning. Cowell.
In old European law. Sorcery ; witchcraft; the profession of the Vau- dois.
The lands that a vavasour held. CowelL VAVASOUR 1198 VENDITIONI EXPONAS
One who was in dignity uext to a baron. Britt 109; Bract lib. 1, e. a One who held of a baron. Enc. Brit
The tenants of the manor of Bradford, in the county of Wilts, paid a yearly rent by this name to their lord, iu lieu of veal paid formerly in kind. Wharton.
In old Lomliardic law. The offense of stopping one on the way; fore- stalling. Spelman.
Lat Fines paid to the crown to defray the expenses of maintaining courts of justice.’ 3 Salk. 33. Vectigal, origine ipsa, jns Cresarnm et rcgum patrimoniale est. Dav. 12. Tribute, in its