Visa

In civil law. The formula put upon an act; a register; a commercial book, in order to approve of it and authenticate it. VISCOUNT (Lat. vice comes). This name was made use of as an arbitrary title of honor, without any offfice pertaining to it, by Henry VI. for the first time. The sheriff or earl's deputy holds the office of vice comes, of which viscount is a translation, but used, as we have just seen, in a different sense. The dignity of a viscount is next to an earl. 1 Bl. Comm. 397.

In Civil Law. The formula put upon an act, a register, a commercial book, in order to approve of it and authenticate it. VISCOUNT (Lat. vice-comes). Used as an arbitrary title of honor, without any office pertaining to it, by Henry VI. for the first time. The sheriff or earl’s deputy holds the office of vice-comcs t of which viscount is a translation, but used, as we have just seen, in a different sense. The dignity of a viscount is next to and below that of an earl. 1 Bla. Com. 397. VIS£ (Fr.). Countersigned; accepted; approved; e. g. in connection with a passport, and the approval or acceptance by an official of the nation in which it is being used. VISIG0TH0RUM, LEX ROMANA. See Bbeviabium Alabicianum. The Code is being translated and published under the auspices of the Comparative Law Bureau of the American Bar Association.