A Dictionary of Law

The interval between two successive terms of a court. Dming this period orders signed by a judge are said to be issued " at chambers," g. u. In this country all courts have terms a

Law Lat. A pledge. Vadium mortuum. A dead pledge; mortgage. A security with the condition that if the money be not promptly repaid the debtor's estate will be forfeited.^ Vadium vi

s One who wanders about, and has no certain calling; an idle fellow; * a vagabond; a tramp, q. v. A person who roams about from place to place, begging, or living without labor or

3 Having force, of binding force; legally sufficient or efficacious; authorized by law. Opposed, invalid: as, a valid or invalid — condition, consideration, defense, instrument, ma

Vice-chancellor's court. See Chancellor. V. E. Venditioni exponas. See Ven- DITIO; VACAKCY; VACANT; VACATE.s "To vacate" has acquired an active sense, through a long period of tran

See Perishable; Sound, 1 (1).

e In the Revised Statutes, acts and resolutions of Congress, includes every description of carriage or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of tr

The terms "vein" and "lode," as used by miners, and in the Mining Acts of Congress of 1866 and 1873, apply to any zone or belt of mineralized rock lying within the boundaries clear

2 To transfer for an equivalent in money; to dispose of by sale; to sell. Applicable to merchandise or chattels. Vendible. Capable of being sold, salable; merchantable, marketable,

A sale. Venditioni exponas. That you expose for sale. A writ by which the sheriff sells property already taken in execution under a fieri facias. Abbreviated vend, ex., and v. e. I

To come; to appear in court. Tarde venit. It came late. A return that a writ came into the officer's hands too late to be executed before the return day named in the writ. The sing

1. The womb. Fr. ventre. See Partus. Ad ventrem inspieiendum, and de ventre inspiciendo. Fdr examining the womb. At common law, a reprieve was had where a, woman, capitally convict

' Locality, neighborhood; place of.trial; county. The county where a cause is to be tried.* The clause in a declaration or indictment which states the place where the transaction w

See Reputation.

See Verbum.

See Fact; Merger, 2; Parol.

What is spoken; a word. Verba. Words, language, discourse. Ex visceribus verborum. From the bowels of the words: from the vital part of the language. 5 In hsec verba, and in Mis ve

6 The saying of the truth. The finding of a jury. The answer of the jury to the questions of fact contained in the issue formed by the pleadings. 7 General verdict. This directly f

2 To show to be true; to confirm by oath: as, to verify an account, a petition, a plea, by making oath to the truth of the statement of the facts set forth. Whence verification. So

See Eecord, Judicial.

Turned toward: against. Separates the name of a plaintiff from the name of the defendant. Abbreviated vs. and v.^ In New York, prior to 1848, when an action was brought by A agains

True; real, actual; genuine. Verum. The truth. See Aver; Verdict; Verify.

8 In the Revised Statutes and acts and resolutions of Congress, includes every description of water-craft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means

io 1. To clothe, robe; to cover, surround; to put something upon a person, confer upon, endow, put into the possession of, intrust to: as, to vest a person or a court with discreti

To hara^, trouble, annoy. Said of a second suit or prosecution after another has been fairly tried on the merits and a verdict of acquittal or conviction rendered. " Vexatious liti

To shake: to molest, annQ,y, trouble, prosecute, vex, q. v. ' Fairfax v. Brown, 60 Md. 60 (1883), cases; 50 Mich. 399; 38 Ohio St, 365. !> Constitution, Art. I, sec. 7, cl. 2. » Co

Powers; corporate powers. See Ultra, Vires.

See Officium, Virtute, etc.

See Liability, Vicarious.

1 A vicious propensity in an animal is a propensity to do any act which might endanger the safety of the persons or property of others in a given, situation; not merely such propen

To see; to perceive, understand, know. Vide. See. Quod vide: which see. Words of reference. The last expression is abbreviated q. v., in referring to one word or subject only, as,

3.

^ Seeing, sight, examination by the eye; ocular inspection or survey: as, that a sheriff may arrest upon view, without process. See Akeest, 3 (3, 3). "Whence view of, and to view,

Strength, efficacy, force. Ex proprio vigore. By its own inherent force. Ex vigore termini. By the strength of the word. Ex vigore terminorum. From, the very meaning of the languag

Any small assemblage of houses, for dwelling or business, or both, in the country, whether situated upon regularly laid out streets and alleys or not. * See Town. VILLEIl Sr or VIL

See Liquor.

See Debatjch; Sepul-

1. Any rightful act done in office is " by virtue" of that office; a wrongful act may be " under color " of the offioe.s ^ee Office. 2. Moral quality; chastity; purity. See Chabact

'^ 1. In international law, the right of visit or visitation is the right to ascertain by inspection of a ship's papers that she has the nationality which she claims; the right of

See Fraud; Usus, Utile, etc., VIVA VOCE. L. With living voice; by word of mouth; by spoken word; verbally; orally: as, testimony given viva voce in court; to vote viva voce.

See ViDERE, Videlicet.

See Business; Happiness; Tax, 2; Trade. VOID; VOIDABLE.2 As employed in contracts, laws, decisions, and text-books these words are often ambiguous. They have been more or less inte

1. In accordance with one's own free will; without constraint or compulsion; spontaneous; free; chosen, intended; allowed, suffered. Opposed, involuntary: as, a Toluntary, and, in

Will; intention; volition. Stat pro ratione voluntas. The will stands for the reason. The fact that a testamentary disposition is made, is sufficient reason for its being made.' Vo

6 The will of a member of a body, formally manifested toward the decision of a question by the body as whole; also, the aggregate of the expressions of the will of the members.' Th

2 To call upon — in attestation; to attest; to affirm, confirm, support, prove; to aver that a thing is true. " Vouched by witnesses " imports the same as testified by witnesses, c

2 A passage by water from one place to another. As applied to vessels engaged in foreign and inter- State commerce, is not used of a tug making short trips from one body of water t