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| VACANCY | | A place which is empty. The term is principally applied to ... |
| VACANT POSSESSION, | | estates. An estate which has been abandoned by the tenant; the ... |
| VACANT SUCCESSION | | An inheritance for which the heirs are unknown.
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| VACANTIA, BONA, | | civil law. Goods without an owner. Such goods escheat.
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| VACATION | | That period of time between the end of one term ... |
| VACCARIA, | | old Engl. law. A word which is derived from vacca, ... |
| VADIUM MORTUUM, | | contracts. A mortgage or dead-pledge; it is a security given by ... |
| VADIUM VIVUM, | | contracts. A species of security by which the borrower of a ... |
| VADIUM, | | contracts. A pledge, or surety.
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| VAGABOND | | One who wanders about idly, who has no certain dwelling. The ... |
| VAGRANT | | Generally by the word vagrant is understood a person who lives ... |
| VAGUENESS | | Uncertainty.
2. Certainty is required in contracts, wills, ... |
| VALID | | . An act, deed, will, and the like, which has ... |
| VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, | | contracts. An equivalent for a thing purchased. Vide Vin. Ab. Consideration, ... |
| VALUATION | | The act of ascertaining the worth of a thing; or ... |
| VALUE RECEIVED | | This phrase is usually employed in a bill of exchange or ... |
| VALUE, | | common law. This term has two different meanings. It sometimes expresses ... |
| VALUED POLICY | | A valued policy is one where the value has been set ... |
| VARIANCE, | | pleading, evidence. A disagreement or difference between two parts of the ... |
| VASSAL, | | feudal law. This was the name given to the holder ... |
| VECTIGALIA | | Among the Romans this word signified duties which were paid to ... |
| VEJOURS | | An obsolete word, which signified viewers or experts. (q. v.) ... |
| VENAL | | Something that is bought. The term is generally applied in a ... |
| VENDEE, | | contr. A purchaser; (q. v.) a buyer.
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| VENDITION | | . A sale; the act of selling.
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| VENDITIONI EXPONAS, | | practice. That you expose to sale. The name of a writ ... |
| VENDOR, | | contracts. A seller. (q. v.) One wbo disposes of a ... |
| VENIRE FACIAS DE NOVO, | | practice. The name of a new writ of venire facias; this ... |
| VENIRE FACIAS, | | practice, crim. law. According to the English law, the proper process ... |
| VENIRE, OR VENIRE PACIAS JURATORES, | | practice. The name of a writ directed to the sheriff commanding ... |
| VENTE A REMERE | | A term used in Louisiana, which signifies a sale made reserving ... |
| VENTER or VENTRE | | Signifies literally the belly. In law it is used figuratively for ... |
| VENUE, | | pleading. The venue is the county from which the jury ... |
| VERAY | | This is an ancient manner of spelling urai, true. ... |
| VERAY TENANT, or TRUE TENANT, | | Eng. law. One who holds a fee simple; in pleadings, he ... |
| VERBAL | | Parol; by word of mouth; as verbal agreement; verbal evidence. Not ... |
| VERBAL NOTE | | In diplomatic language, memorandum or note not signed, sent when an ... |
| VERBAL PROCESS | | In Louisiana, by this term is understood a written account of ... |
| VERDICT, | | Practice. The unanimous decision made by a jury and reported to ... |
| VERIFICATION, | | pleading. Whenever new matter is introduced on either side, the plea ... |
| VERIFICATION, | | practice. The examination of the truth of a writing; the certificate ... |
| Vermont | | </center>
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| VERMONT | | The name of one of the new states of the ... |
| VERSUS | | Against; as A B versus C D. This is usually ... |
| VERT | | Everything bearing green leaves in a forest. Bac. Ab. Courts of ... |
| VESSEL, | | mar. law. A ship, brig, sloop or other craft used ... |
| VESTED REMAINDER, | | estates. One by which a present interest passes to the party, ... |
| VETERA STATUTA | | The name of vetera statuta, ancient statutes, has been given to ... |
| VEXATION | | The injury or damage which, is suffered in consequence of the ... |
| VEXATIOUS SUITS, | | torts. A vexatictus suit is one which has been instituted maliciously, ... |
| VEXED QUESTION, | | vexata quaestio. A question or point of law often discussed or ... |
| VI ET ARMIS | | With force and arms. When man breaks into another's close vi ... |
| VIA | | A cart-way, which also includes a foot-way and a horse-way. Vide ... |
| VIABILITY, | | med. jur. An aptitude to live after birth; extra uterine life. ... |
| VIABLE, | | Vitae habilis, capable of living. This is said of a child ... |
| VICE | | A term used in the civil law and in Louisiana, ... |
| VICE VERSA | | . On the contrary; on opposite sides.
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| VICE-ADMIRAL | | The title of an officer in the navy; the next ... |
| VICE-CHANCELLOR | | The title of a judicial officer who decides causes depending in ... |
| VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES | | The title of the second officer, in point of rank, in ... |
| VICECOMES | | The sheriff.
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| VICECOMES NON MISIT BREVE | | The sheriff did not send the writ. An entry made on ... |
| VICENAGE | | The neighborhood; the venue. (q. v.)
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| VICINETUM | | The neighborhood; vicenage; the venue. Co. Litt. 158 b. ... |
| VICONTIEL | | Belonging to the sheriff.
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| VIDELICET | | A Latin adverb signifying to wit, that is to say, namely, ... |
| VIEW | | A prospect.
2. Every one is entitled ... |
| VIEW, DEMAND OF, | | practice. In most real and mixed actions, in order to ascertain ... |
| VIEWERS | | Persons appointed by the courts to see and examine certain matters, ... |
| VIGILANCE | | Proper attention in proper time.
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| VILL | | In England this word was used to signify the parts ... |
| VILLAIN, | | An epithet used to cast contempt and contumely on the person ... |
| VILLEIN, | | Engl. law. A species of slave during the feudal times.' ... |
| VILLENOUS JUDGMENT, | | punishments. In the English law it was a judgment given by ... |
| VINCULO MATRIMONII | | A divorce. A vinculo matrimonii, is one from the bonds of ... |
| VINDICATION, | | civil law. The claim made to property by the owner of ... |
| VIOLATION | | An act done unlawfully and with force. In the English stat. ... |
| VIOLENCE | | The abuse of force. Theorie des Lois Criminelles, 32. That force ... |
| VIOLENT PROFITS, | | Scotch law. The gains made by a tenant holding over, are ... |
| VIOLENTLY, | | pleading. This word was formerly supposed to be necessary in an ... |
| VIRGA | | An obsolete word, which signifies a rod or staff, such ... |
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| VIRGINIA | | The name of one of the original states of the ... |
| VIRILIA | | The privy members of a man. Bract. lib. 3, p. ... |
| VIRTUTE OFFICII | | By virtue of his office. A sheriff, a constable, and some ... |
| VIS | | A Latin word which signifies force. In law it means ... |
| VIS IMPRESSA | | Immediate force; original force. This phrase is applied to cases of ... |
| VIS MAJOR, | | a superior force. In law it signifies inevitable accident. ... |
| VISA, | | civ. law. The formula put upon an act; a register; ... |
| VISITATION | | The act of examining into the affairs of a corporation. ... |
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