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Vadium Ponere

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

To take ball or pledges for a defendant's appearance. VADIUM VIVUM (Lat.) A species of security by which the borrower of a sum of money made over his estate to the lender until he had received that sum out of the issues and profits of the land. It was so called because neither the money nor the lands were lost, and were not left in dead pledge, but this was a living pledge, for the profits of the land were constantly paying oiT the debt. Litt. § 206; 1 Powell, Mortg. 3; Termes de la Ley.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

To take bail; to take pledges.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

To take bail for the appearance of a person in a court of justice. Toml. VADIUM VIVUM (Lat.). A species of security by which the borrower of a sum of money made over his estate to the lender until he had received that sum out of the issues and profits of the land; it was so called because neither the money nor the lands were land were constantly paying off the debt. Littleton § 206; 1 Powell, Mortg. 3.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

To take bail for the appearance or a person in a court of justice. Tomlins.

Defined under Vadium in Black's Law Dictionary.