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Vidame

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

In French feudal law. Originally, an officer who represented the bishop, as the viscount did the count. In process of time, these dignitaries erected their offices into fiefs, and became feudal nobles, such as the vidame of Chartres, Rheims, etc.; continuing to take their titles from the seat of the bishop whom they. represented, although the lands held by virtue of their fiefs might be situated elsewhere. Brande. A chief in the neighborhood of a church or abbey, who acted as its protector. Steph. Lect. 236. Blackstone, quoting Camden, makes vidame to be a title in old English law, synonymous with that of valvasor, 1 Bl. Comm. 403. VIDE (Lat.) A word of reference. Vide ante, or vide supra, refers to a previous

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In French feudal law. Originally, an officer who represented the bishop as the viscount did the count In process of time, these dignitaries erected their offices into fiefs, and became feudal nobles, such as the vidame of Chartres, Rheims, etc., continuing to take their titles from the seat of the bishop whom they represented, although the lands held by virtue of their fiefs might be situated elsewhere. Brande; Burrill.