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  • VACATIO
    Lat In the civil law. Exemption; immunity; privilege; dispensation; exemption from the burden of office. Calvin.
  • VACATION
    That period of time between the end of one term of court and the beginning of another. See Von Schmidt v. Widber, 99 Cal. 511, 34 Pac. 100; Conkling Bldgely, 112 IU. 36, 1 N. E. 261, 54 Am. Rep. 204; Brayman v. Whltcomb, 134 Mass. 525; State v. Derkum, More...
  • VACATUR
    Lat. Let it be vacated. In practice, a rule or order by which a proceed-ing is vacated; a vacating.
  • VACATURA
    An avoidance of an ecclesiastical benefice. Cowell.
  • VACCARIA
    In old English law. A dairy-house. Co. Litt fib.
  • VACCINATION
    Inoculation with vaccine or the virus of cowpox as a preventive against tbe smallpox; frequently made compulsory by statute. See Daniel v. Putnam County, 118 Ga. 570, 38 S. E. 980, 64 L. R. A, 292.
  • VACUA POSSESSIO
    Lat Tbe vacant possession, ie: free and unburdened possession, which (eg) a vendor had and has to give to a purchaser of lands.
  • VACUUS
    Lat In the civil law. Empty; void; vacant; unoccupied. Calvin.
  • VADES
    Lat In the civil law. Pledges; sureties; bail; security for the appearance of a defendant or accused person in court Calvin.
  • VADIARE DUELLUM
    L. Lat. In old English law. To wage or gage the DUELLUM; to wage battel; to give pledges mutually for engaging in the trial by combat.
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