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  • VERGENS AD INOPIAM
    L. Lat In Scotch law. Verging towards poverty; in declining circumstances. 2 Vergers. ---- In English law. Officers who carry white wands before the justices of either bench. CowelL Mentioned In Fleta, as officers of the king's court, who oppressed the people by demanding exorbitant fees. Fleta, lib. 2, c. More...
  • VERIFICATION
    In pleading. A certain formula with which all pleadings containing new affirmative matter must con¬clude, being in itself an averment that the party pleading,is ready to establish the truth of what he has set forth. In Practice-- The examination of a writing for the purpose of ascertaining its truth; or More...
  • VERIFY
    To confirm or substantiate by oath; to show to be true. Particularly used of making formal oath to accounts, petitions, pleadings, and other papers. The word "verify" sometimes means to confirm and substantiate by oath, and some-times by argument When used in legal proceedings it Is generally employed in the More...
  • VERITY
    Truth; truthfulness; conformity to fact The records of a court "import uncontrollable verity." 1 Black, Judgm. f 276.
  • VERNA
    Lat In the civil law. A slave born in his master's house.
  • VERSARI
    Lat In the civil law. To be employed; to be conversant Versari male in tutela, to misconduct one's self in a guardianship. Calvin.
  • VERSUS
    Lat Against In the title of a cause, the name of the plaintiff is put first, followed by the word "versa*," then the defendant's name. Thus, "Fletcher versus Peck," or "Fletcher against Peck." The word is commonly abbreviated "vs." or "v".
  • VERT
    Everything bearing green leaves in a forest Also that power which a man has, by royal grant, to cut green wood in a forest. Also, in heraldry, green color, called Mve-nus" in the arms of princes, and "emerald" in those of peers, and expressed in engravings by lines In bend. More...
  • VERTUS
    Lat True; truthful; genuine; actual; real; just
  • VERY LORD AND VERY TENANT
    They that are immediate lord and tenant one to another. Cowell.
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