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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Vestre.

L. Fr.

In old English law

To vest; to enure.

Kelham.

VESTIGIUM (Law Lat.) In the law of evidence. A trace, or track; a mark left by a physical object. Vestigia carectae, the tracks of a cart. Fleta, lib.

1, c. 25, § 6.

VESTIMENTUM (Law Lat. from vestire, to clothe).

In old English law

Clothing.

A figurative expression denoting the character, quality, or circumstance of right, as opposed to the negation or destitution of right, which was compared to a state of nakedness. Possessio est nuda donee ex tempore et seysina pacifica acquiratur vestimentum, the possession is naked until a clothing [i. e., of right] be acquired by time and peaceable seisin. Bracton, fol.

160.

In Feudal Law. Investiture; seisin.

Lord Mansfield, C. J., 1 Burrows, 109, quoting Bracton, fol. 160.

In Old Enalish Law. The technical form of a contract, requisite to give it effect. Fleta, lib.

2, c. 56, §§ 3, 4.