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

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

A servile kind of tenure belonging to lands or tenements, whereby the tenant was bound to do all such services as the lord commanded, or were fit for a vil- lein to

A payment of a certain quantity of wine instead of rent for a vineyard. 2 Mon. Ang. p. 980.

In Spanish law. An entail. Schm. Civil Law, 308.

See A VINCULO MATRIMONII; DIVORCE.

Lat. In tbe Roman law, au obligation is defined as a vinculum juris, i. e., “a bond of law,” whereby one party becomes or is bound to another to do something according

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

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

Lat. In the civil law. The claiming a thing as one’s own ; the asserting of a right or title in or to a thing.

The sanction of the laws, whereby it is signified what evil or penalty shall be incurred by such as commit any public wrongs, and transgress or neglect their duty. 1 Steph. Comm.

In Roman law. A rod or wand; and. from the use of that instrument in their course, various legal acts came to be distinguished by the term; e. g., one of the

See DAMAGES.

This term includes all alcoholic beverages made from the juice of the grape by the process of fermentation, and perhaps similar liquors made from apples and from some species of berries; but

Fr. In French law. Rape. Rar- ring. Ob. St. 139.

Injury; Infringement; breach of right, duty, or law. Ravishment; seduction. The statute 25 Edw. III. St. 5, c. 2, enacts that any person who shall violate the king’s companion shall be guilty

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.

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

Lat A man, especially as marking the sex. In the Latin phrases and maxims of the old English law, this word generally means “husband,” the expression i-ir et uxor corresponding to the

Lat (The plural of “vis.”) Powers ; forces; capabilities: natural powers; powers granted or limited. See ULTRA VIRES. Vires acquirit enndo. It gains strength by continuance. Mann v. Mann’s Ex’rs, 1 Johns.