A place which is empty. The term is principally applied to cases where an office is not filled. 2. By the constitution of the United States, the pres...
estates. An estate which has been abandoned by the tenant; the abandonment must be complete in order to make the possession vacant, and therefore if t...
An inheritance for which the heirs are unknown. ...
civil law. Goods without an owner. Such goods escheat. ...
That period of time between the end of one term and beginning of another. During vacation, rules and orders are made in such cases as are urgent, by a...
old Engl. law. A word which is derived from vacca, a cow, and signifies a dairy-house. Co. Litt. 5 b. ...
contracts. A pledge, or surety. ...
contracts. A mortgage or dead-pledge; it is a security given by the borrower of a sum of money, by which he grants to the lender an estate in fee, on ...
contracts. 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 th...
One who wanders about idly, who has no certain dwelling. The ordonnances of the French define a vagabond almost in the same terms. Dalloz, Dict. Vagab...
Generally by the word vagrant is understood a person who lives idly without any settled home; but this definition is much enlarged by some sta-tutes, ...
Uncertainty. 2. Certainty is required in contracts, wills, pleadings, judgments, and indeed in all the acts on which courts have to give a judgment, ...
An act, deed, will, and the like, which has received all the formalities required by law, is said to be valid or good in law. ...
contracts. An equivalent for a thing purchased. Vide Vin. Ab. Consideration, B; 2 Bl. Com. 297; Consideration. ...
The act of ascertaining the worth of a thing; or it is the esti-mated worth of a thing. 2. It differs from price, which does not always afford a true...
common law. This term has two different meanings. It sometimes expresses the utility of an object, and some times the power of purchasing other good w...
This phrase is usually employed in a bill of exchange or promissory note, to denote that a consideration has been given for it. 2. The expression val...
A valued policy is one where the value has been set on the ship or goods insured, and this value has been inserted in the policy in the nature of liqu...
pleading, evidence. A disagreement or difference between two parts of the same legal proceeding, which ought to agree together. Variances are between ...
feudal law. This was the name given to the holder of a fief, bound to perform feudal service; this word was then always correlative to that of lord, e...
Among the Romans this word signified duties which were paid to the prince for the importation and exportation of certain merchandise. They differed fr...
An obsolete word, which signified viewers or experts. (q. v.) ...
Something that is bought. The term is generally applied in a bad sense; as, a venal office is an office which has been purchased. ...
contr. A purchaser; (q. v.) a buyer. ...
A sale; the act of selling. ...
practice. That you expose to sale. The name of a writ of execution, directed to the sheriff, commanding him to sell goods or chattels, and in some sta...
contracts. A seller. (q. v.) One wbo disposes of a thing in consideration of money. Vide Purchaser; Seller. ...
practice, crim. law. According to the English law, the proper process to be issued on an indictment for any petit misdemeanor, on a penal statute, is ...
practice. The name of a writ directed to the sheriff commanding him to cause to come from the body of the county before the court from which it issued...
practice. The name of a new writ of venire facias; this is awarded when, by reason of some irregularity or defect in the proceeding on the first venir...
A term used in Louisiana, which signifies a sale made reserving a right to the seller to repurchase the property gold by returning the price paid for ...
Signifies literally the belly. In law it is used figuratively for the wife: for example, a man has three children by the first, and one by the second ...
pleading. The venue is the county from which the jury are to come, who are to try the issue. Gould, Pl. c. 3, §102; Archb. Civ. Pl. 86. 2. As it is a...
This is an ancient manner of spelling urai, true. 2. In the English law, there are three kinds of tenants: 1. Veray, or true tenant, who is one who h...
Eng. law. One who holds a fee simple; in pleadings, he is called simply tenant. He differs from a tenant by the manner in this, that the latter holds ...
Parol; by word of mouth; as verbal agreement; verbal evidence. Not in writing. ...
In diplomatic language, memorandum or note not signed, sent when an affair has continued a long time without any reply, in order to avoid the appearan...
In Louisiana, by this term is understood a written account of any proceeding or operation required by law, signed by the person commissioned to perfor...
Practice. The unanimous decision made by a jury and reported to the court on the matters lawfully submitted to them in the course of the trial of a ca...
pleading. Whenever new matter is introduced on either side, the plea must conclude with a verification or averment, in order that the other party may ...
practice. The examination of the truth of a writing; the certificate that the writing is true. Vide Authentication. ...
The name of one of the new states of the United States of America. lt was admitted by virtue of "An act for the admission of the state of Vermont into...
Against; as A B versus C D. This is usually abbreviated v. ...
Everything bearing green leaves in a forest. Bac. Ab. Courts of the Foreat; Manwood, 146. ...
mar. law. A ship, brig, sloop or other craft used in navigation . 1 Boul. Paty, tit. 1, p. 100 . See sup. 2. By an act of congress, approved July 29,...
estates. One by which a present interest passes to the party, though to be enjoyed in future, and by which the estate is invariably fixed to remain to...
The name of vetera statuta, ancient statutes, has been given to the statutes commencing with Magna Charta~, and ending with those of Edward II. Crabb~...
The injury or damage which, is suffered in consequence of the tricks of another. ...
torts. A vexatictus suit is one which has been instituted maliciously, and without probable cause, whereby a damage has ensued to the defendant. 2. T...
vexata quaestio. A question or point of law often discussed or agitated, but not determined nor settled. ...
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