Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

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party warranted, to come and defend the suil for him. Co. Litt. 1016. Vox emissa volat; litera scripta ma net. The spoken word flies; the written let ter remains. Broom, Max. 666. VOX SIGNATA. In Scotch practice. An emphatic or essential word. 2 Alis. Crim. Pr. 280. VOYAGE. In maritime law. The pass ing of a vessel by sea from one place, port, or country to another. The term is held to include the enterprise entered upon, and not merely the route. 113 Mass. 326. VOYAGE INSURED. In insurance law. A transit at sea from the terminus a quo to the terminus ad quern, in a prescribed course of navigation, which is never set out in any policy, but virtually forms parts of all policies, and is as binding on the parties theieto as though it were minutely detailed. 1 Arn. Ins. 333. VRAIC. Seaweed. It is used in great quantities by the inhabitants of Jersey and Guernsey for manure, and also for fuel by the poorer classes. VS. An abbreviation for versus, (against,) constantly used in legal proceedings, and especially in entitling cases. Vulgaris opmio est duplex, viz., orta inter graves et discretos, quse multum veritatis habet, et opinio orta inter leves et vulgares homines absque specie veritatis. 4 Coke, 107. Common opinion is of two kinds, viz., that which arises among grave and discreet men, which has much truth in it, and that which arises among light and common men, without any appear ance of truth. VULGARIS PURGATIO. In old En glish law. Common purgation; a name given to the trial by ordeal, to distinguish it from the canonical purgation, which was by the oath of the party. 4 Bl. Comm. 342. VULGO CONCEPTI. Lat. In the civil law. Spurious children; bastards. VULGO QU2ESITI. Lat. In the civil law. Spurious children; literally, gotten from the people; the offspring of promis cuous cohabitation, who are considered as having no father. Inst. 3, 4, 3; Id. 3, 5, 4.

any proposed measure or proceeding, or the selection of an officer or representative. And the aggregate of the expressions of will or choice, thus manifested by individuals, is called the "vote of the body." VOTER. One who has the right of giv ing his voice or suffrage. VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS. In the houses of parliament the clerks at the tables make brief entries of all that is act ually done; and these minutes, which are printed from day to day for the use of mem bers, are called the " votes and proceedings of parliament." From these votes and pro ceedings the journals of the house are subse quently prepared, by making the entries at greater length. Brown. VOTUM. Lat. A vow or promise. Dies aotorum, the wedding day. Fleta 1. 1, c. 4. VOUCH. To call upon; to call in to war ranty; to call upon the grantor or wanantor to defend the title to an estate. To vouch is to call upon, rely on, or quote as an authority. Thus, in the old writers, to vouch a case or report is to quote it as an authority. Co. Litt. 70a. VOUCHEE. In common recoveries, the person who is called to warrant or defend the title is called the "vouchee." 2 Bouv. Inst. no. 2093. VOUCHER. A receipt, acquittance, or release, which may serve as evidence of pay ment or discharge of a debt, or to certify the coirectness of accounts. An account-book containing the acquittances or receipts show ing the accountant's discharge of his obliga tions. 1 Mete. (Mass.) 218. The term "voucher," when used in connection with the disbursements of moneys, implies some written or printed instrument in the nature of a receipt, note, account, bill of particulars, or some thing of that character which shows on what ac count or by what authority a particular payment has been made, and which may be kept or filed away by the party receiving it, for his own con venience or protection, or that of the public. 107 111.504. In old conveyancing. The person on whom the tenant calls to defend the title to the land, because he warranted the title to him at the time of the original purchase. VOUCHER TO WARRANTY. The calling one who has warranted lands, by the

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