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  • VESTURE OF LAND
    A phrase including all things, trees excepted, which grow upon the surface of the land, and clothe it externally. Ham. N. P. 15L
  • VETERA STATUTA
    Lat Ancient statutes. The English statutes from Magna Charta to the end of the reign of Edward II. are so called; those from the beginning of the reign of Edward III. being contradistinguished by the appellation of "Nova Statuta." 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 85.
  • VETITUM NAMIUM
    L. Lat. Where the bailiff of a lord distrains beasts or goods of another, and the lord forbids the bailiff to deliver them when the sheriff cornea to make replevin, the owner of the cattle may demand satisfaction in placitum de vetito namio. 2 Inst 140; 2 BL Comm. 148.
  • VETO
    Lat. I forbid. The veto-power is a power vested in the executive officer of some governments to declare his refusal to assent to any bill or measure which has been passed by the legislature. It is either absolute or qualified, according as the effect of its exercise is either to More...
  • VETUS JUS
    Lat. The old law. A term used in the civil law, sometimes to designate the law of the Twelve Tables, and sometimes merely a law which was in force previous to the passage of a subsequent law. Calvin. ----- Vex ----- To harass, disquiet, annoy; as by repeated litigation upon More...
  • VEXARI
    Lat To be harassed, vexed, or annoyed; to be prosecuted; as in the maxim, Nemo debet bis vewari pro una et eadem causa, no one should be twice prosecuted for one and the same cause.
  • 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.
  • VEXATION
    The injury or damage which is suffered in consequence of the tricks of another.
  • VEXATIOUS
    A proceeding is said to be vexatious when the party bringing it is not acting bona fide, and merely wishes to annoy or embarrass his opponent, or when it is not calculated to lead to any practical result Such a proceeding is often described as "frivolous and vexatious," and the More...
  • VEXED QUESTION
    A question or point of law often discussed or agitated, but not determined or settled.
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