Latin for strength; virtue; force; efficiency. Proprio vigore by its own force. … [Read more...] about VIGOR
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VINCULO
In Spanish law. The bond chain or tie of marriage. … [Read more...] about VINCULO
VIIS ET MODIS
Lat. In the ecclesiastical courts, service of a decree or citation viis et mod is, i.e., by all "ways and means" likely to affect the party with knowledge of its contents; is equivalent to substituted service in the temporal courts, and is opposed to personal service. Phillim. Ecc. Law, 1258, 1283. … [Read more...] about VIIS ET MODIS
VINCULO MATRIMONII
A divorce. A vinculo matrimonii, is one from the bonds of matrimony. Such a divorce generally enables the parties to marry again. See A VINCULO MATRIMONII; DIVORCE. … [Read more...] about VINCULO MATRIMONII
VILL
In old English law, this word was used to signify the parts into which a hundred or wapentake was divided. It also signifies a town or city. Demi vill. A town consisting of five freemen, or frank pledges. Spelman. Villa est ex pluribus mansionibus vi cinata, et collata ex pluribus vicinis, et sub appellatione villarum continentur burgl et civitates. Vill is a neighborhood of … [Read more...] about VILL