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The word "vehicle" includes every description of carriage or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on land. … [Read more...] about VEHICLE

Lat. In the civil law. A pledge ; a surety; bail or surety in a criminal proceeding or civil action. Calvin. … [Read more...] about VAS

Commonly referred to as a VIN, it is a unique number that manufacturers etch into the body of an automobile that serves as a motor vehicle identification number (17 digits.) … [Read more...] about VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

The operation of castration as performed by section (cutting) of the vas deferens or spermatic cord; sometimes proposed as an inhibitory punishment for rapists and other criminals. … [Read more...] about VASECTOMY

feudal law. This was the name given to the holder of a fief, bound to perform feudal service; this word was then always correlative to that of lord, entitled to such service. 2. The vassal himself might be lord of some other vassal. 3. In aftertimes, this word was used to signify a species of slave who owed servitude, and was in a state of dependency on a superior lord. … [Read more...] about VASSAL