Virtute Cujus
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
By virtue whereof. This was the clause iii a pleading justifying an entry upon land, by which the party alleged that it was in virtue of an order from one entitled \that he entered. VIRTUTE OFFICII (Lat.) By virtue of his office. A sheriff, a constable, and some other officers may virtute officii apprehend a man who has been guilty of a crime in their presence. VIS (Lat. force). Any kind of force, violence, or disturbance relating to a man's person or his property. VIS ABLATIVE (Lat.) In the civil law. Ablative force; force which is exerted in taking away (auprendo) a thing from another. Calv. Lex.