Lat. In the ecclesias-tical courts, service of a decree or citation viis ef modis, i. e., by ail “ways and means” likely to afTect the party wlth knowledge of Its contents, is equlvalent to substituted service in the temporal courts, and is op-posed to personal servlce. Phillim. Ecc. Law, 1258, 1283
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In old Englisb law, this word was used to signify the parts into which a hun-dred or wapentake was divided. It also sig-nifles a town or city
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watchfulness; precau-tion; a proper degree of actlvity and prompt-ness in pursuing one’s rights or guarding them from Infraction, or in making or dis-covering opportunities for the enforcement of one’s lawful claims and demands. It is the opposite of laches
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Lat. Strength ; virtue; force; efficiency. Proprio vigore, by its own force
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L. Fr. In old English law. A vivum vadium or living pledge, as distin-gnlshed from a mortgage or dead pledge. Properly, an estate given as security for a debt, the debt to be satisfied out of the rents, issues, and profits
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In eccleslasticnl law. The.eve or next day before any solemn feast
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The rlght of prospect; the outlook or prospect from the windows of one's house. A species of urban servltude whlch prohibits the obstruction of such prospect. 3 Kent, Comm. 448
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Persons who are appointed by & court to make an lnvestigatlon of cer-taln matters, or to examlne a partlcular locality, (as, the proposed site of a new road,) and to report to the court the result of thelr lnspection, wlth their opinion on the same
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Lat. The making a solemn profession to live a sole and chaste woman
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Lat in old English law. A king’s widow. The widow of a ten-ant in capite. So called, because she wns not allowed to marry a second time without the king’s permission; obtaining her dower also from the assignment of the king, and having the king for her patron and defender. Spelman
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Lat. A word of reference. Vide ante, or vide supra, refers to a previous pas-sage, vide post, or vide infra, to a subsequent passage, in a book
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LaL The words “to-wit,” or “that is to say,” so frequently used in pleading, are technically called the “videlicet” or “scilicet;” and when any fact alleged In pleading is preceded by, or accompanied with, these words, such fact is, in the lan-guage of tho law, said to be “laid under a videlicet.” The use of the videlicet is to point out, particularize, or render more specific that which bas been previously stated in general language only; also to explain that which is doubtfnl or obscure. Brown. See Stukeley v. Butler, Hob. 171; Gleason ▼. MeVickar, 7 Cow. (N. Y.) 43; Sullivan ▼. State. 67 Miss. 346, 7 Sonth. 275; Clark v. Employers’ Liabllity Assur. Co.. 72 VL 458, 48 Atl. 689; Com. v. Quinlan, 153 Mass. 483, 27 N. B.
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In English law. A person authorized by iaw to keep a house of entertainment for the public; a publican. 9' Adol. A E. 423
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In French feudal law. orig-inally, an officer who represented the bishop, as the viscount did the count. In process of time, these dignitaries erected their offices in-to fiefs, and became feudal nobles, such ss the vidame ot Chartres, Rheims, etc., continuing to take thelr titles from the seat of the bishop
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An ancient writ against the mayor or balllff of a town, etc., for the dean keeping of their streets and lanes. Reg. orig. 267.
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L, or VIGONTIEL. Any* thing that belongs to the sheriffs, aa vicontiel write; i. e., snch as are triable in the sher-lfTs court As to vlcontlel rents, see St 3 A 4 wm. IV. c. 99, || 12, 13, whlch placee them under the management of the commls-sloners of the woods and forests. CowelL
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The neighborhood; vid-nage; the venue. Co. Litt 185b
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In 8cotch law. A meddling with the movables of a de-ceased, without confirmation or probate of his will or other title, wharton
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A person clothed wlth au-thority to act In place of the king; hence, the usual title of the governor of a dependency
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Neighborhood; near dwell-lng; vicinity. 2 Bl. Comm. 33; Cowell. In modern usage, it means the county where a trial is had, a crime committed, etc. See State v. Crlnklaw, 40 Neb. 759, 59 N. W. 370; Convers v. Railway Co., 18 Mich. 468; Tay-lor v. Gardiner, 11 R. I. 184; Ex parte Mc-Neeley, 36 W. Va. 84, 14 S. E. 436, 15 L. R. A. 226, 32 Am. St Rep. 831
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The sheriff hath not sent the writ. The form of continuance on the record after Issue and before trial. 7 Mod. 349; 11 Mod. 281.
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In Engllsh ecclesiastical law. The living or benefice of a vicar, as a parsonage is of a parson. 1 Bl. Comm- 387, 388
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