Generally by the word vagrant is understood a person who lives idly without any settled home; but this definition is much enlarged by some statutes, and it includes those who refuse to work, or go about begging. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition A wandering, idle person; a strolling or sturdy beggar. A general term, including, in English law, the seyeral classes of … [Read more...] about VAGRANT
VACATIO
Latin: In the civil law. Exemption; immunity; privilege; dispensation; exemption from the burden of office. Calvin. … [Read more...] about VACATIO
VADIUM
Latin: A pledge; security by pledge of property. Coggs v. Bernard, 2 Ld. Raym. 913. Vadium mortuum. A mortgage or dead pledge; a security given by the borrower of a sum of money, by which he grants to' the lender an estate in fee. on condition that, if the money be not repaid at the time appointed, the estate so put in pledge shall continue to the lender as dead or gone from … [Read more...] about VADIUM
VADIUM MORTUUM
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 condition that if the money be not repaid at the time appointed, the estate so put in pledge shall continue to the lender as dead or gone from the mortgagor. … [Read more...] about VADIUM MORTUUM
VACUUS
Latin: In the civil law. Empty; void; vacant; unoccupied. Calvin. … [Read more...] about VACUUS