Vester
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.