Vester

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.

vestre, tfr.

In old English law. To vest; to enure. Vestue: clothed.