Vi Aut Clam
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Stimson (1881)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In the civil law. By force or covertly. Dig. 43. 24. VI BONORUM RAPTORUM (Lat.)
In the civil law. Of goods taken away by force. The name of an action given by the praetor as a remedy for the violent taking of another's property. Inst. 4. 2; Dig. 47. 8; Heinec. Elem. Jur. Civ. lib. 4. tit. 2. VI ET ARMIS (Lat.) With force and arms. With actual or implied force. 18 111. 203; 147 111. 340. See Trespass. VIA (Lat.) A cart way, which also includes a foot way and a horse way. See "Way."
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
I. Eorcibly or clam, aut precario: forcibly, armis: by force and arms; v.