Vadium
A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
A Dictionary of Law
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 vivum.
A living pledge
A security to be held by the creditor till he has received the amount of his debt out of the income of the property pledged.-
See Pledge.