Mortuum Vadium
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A mortgage. MORTUUS (Lat.) Dead. Ainsworth. So in sheriff's return m.ortuus est, he is dead.
O. Bridg. 469; Brooke, Abr. "Retorne de Brief e," pi. 125; 19 Viner, Abr. "Return," lib. 2, pi. 12.