In French law. A rent charge or annuity payable for the life of the annuitant. … [Read more...]
VEXARI
Latin: To be harassed, vexed, or annoyed; to be prosecuted; as in the maxim: Nemo debet bis vexari pro eadem causa. No one should be twice prosecuted for one and the same cause. … [Read more...]
VIANDER
In old English law. A returning officer. 7 Mod. 13. … [Read more...]
VEXATA QUAESTIO
Lat. A vexed question; a question often agitated or discussed, but not determined or settled: a question or point which has been differently determined, and so left doubtful. 7 Coke, 45b; 3 Burrows, 1547. … [Read more...]
VIATOR
Lat. In Roman law. A sum-moner or apparitor; an officer who attended on the tribunes and tedlles. … [Read more...]