Lat A female vendor. Cod. 4, 51, 3.

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

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.

An auctioneer.

A kneeling or low prostration on the ground by penitents; pardon.

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.”

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

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

L. Lat. In old pleading. Comes and defends. The proper words of appearance and defense in an action. 1 Ld. Raym. 117.

Lat. In old pleading. Comes and says. 2 Salk. 544.

In French law. Sale; contract of sale.

The belly or womb. The term Is used In law as designating the maternal parentage of children. Thus, where in ordinary phraseology we should say that A. was R.’s child by his

In old English law. A writ that lay for an heir presumptive, to cause an examination to be made of the widow in order to determine whether she were pregnant or not,

In pleading and practice. A neighborhood; the neighborhood, place, or county in which an injury is declared to have been doue, or fact declared to have hap- pened. 3 Bl. Comm. 204.

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,

Lat. (Plural of verbum.) Words.

Parol; by word of mouth; oral; as. verbal agreement, verbal evidence; or written, but not signed, or not executed with the formalities required for a deed VERBAL 15 or prescribed by statute

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

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

Sax. In old records. A packet-boat or transport vessel. Cowell.