VIDUA REGIS

Lat. In old English law. A king's widow. The widow of a tenant in capite. So called, because she was 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. … [Read more...] about VIDUA REGIS

An inspeximus, (q. v.) Barring, Ob. St 5. … [Read more...] about VIDIMUS

Latin: 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 language of the law, said to be "laid under a videlicet." The use of the videlicet is to point out, particularize, or render more … [Read more...] about VIDELICET

Latin for see which directs a person to other areas of a text or book. A word of reference. Vide ante, or vide supra, refers to a previous passage, vide post, or vide infra, to a subsequent passage, in a book. Videbis ea saepe committi quae saepe vindicantur. You will see these things frequently committed which are frequently punished. … [Read more...] about VIDE

In French feudal law. Originally, an officer who represented the bishop, as the viscount did the count. In process of time, these dignitaries erected their offices into fiefs, and became feudal nobles, such as the vidame ot Chart res, Rheims, etc., continuing to take their titles from the seat of the bishop whom they represented, although the lands held by virtue of their fiefs … [Read more...] about VIDAME