Vadiatio
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Lat. (L. Fr. gager).
In old English law
Wager. VADIMONIUM (Lat) In the Roman law. Bail or security; the giving of bail for appearance in court; a recognizance. Calv. Lex. VADIUM MORTUUM (Lat.) A mortgage or dead pledge. It is a security given by the borrower of a sum of money, by which he grants to the lender an estate in fee, on condition that, if the money be not repaid at the time appointed, the estate so put in pledge shall continue to the lender as dead or gone from the mortgagor.
2 Bl. Comm. 257; 1 Powell, Mortg. 4.