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  • VUXANUM SERVITIUM
    In old Eng¬lish law. Villein service. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 13, § L
  • VILLEIN
    A person attached to a man¬or, who was substantially in the condition of a slave, who performed the base and ser¬vile work upon the manor for the lord, and was, in most respects, a subject of property and belonging to him. 1 Washb. Real Prop. 26.—Villein in gross. A villein More...
  • VILLENAGE
    A servile kind of tenure belonging to lands or tenements, whereby tbe tenant was bound to do all such services as the lord commanded, or were fit for a vil-lein to do. Cowell. See VILLEIN. Pure villenage A base tenure, where a man holds upon terms of doing whatsoever is More...
  • VILLENOUS JUDGMENT
    A judgment which deprived one of his libera lex, whereby he was discredited and disabled aa a juror or witness; forfeited his goods and chattels and lands for life; wasted the lands, razed the houses, rooted up the trees, and committed his body to prison. It has be¬come obsolete. 4 More...
  • VINAGIUM
    A payment of a certain quantity of wine Instead of rent for a vine-yard. 2 Mon. Ang. p. 980.
  • VINCULACION
    In Spanish law. An entail. Schm. Civil Law, 308.
  • VINCULO
    In Spanish law. The bond, chain, or tie of marriage. White, New Re¬cop. b. 1, tit. 6, c. 1, 5 2.
  • VINCULO MATRIMONII
    See A VINCULO MATRIMONII; DIVORCE.
  • VINCULUM JURIS
    Lat In the Roman law, an obligation is defined as a vinculum juris, i. c, "a bond of law," whereby one party becomes or is bound to another to do something according to law.
  • VINDEX
    Lat. In the civil law. A defender.
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