KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

VENTER, VENTRE

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VERBA ILLATA

VENTER, The belly or womb. The term is used in law as designat ing the maternal parentage of children. Thus, where in ordinary phraseology we should say that A. was B.'s child by his first wife, he would be described in law as "by the first venter." Brown. VENTRE INSPICIENDO. In old Eng lish law. A writ that lay for an heir pre sumptive, to cause an examination to be made of the widow in order to determine whether she were pregnant or not, in cases where she was suspected of a design to bring forward a suppositious heir. 1 Bl. Comm. 456. VENUE. In pleading and practice. A neighborhood; the neighborhood, place, or county in which an injury is declared to have been done, or fact declared to have hap pened. 3 Bl. Comm. 294. Venue also denotes the county in which an action or prosecution is brought for trial, and which is to furnish the panel of jurors. To "change the venue" is to transfer the cause for trial to another county or district. See Moore v. Gardner, 5 How. P*ac. (N. Y.) 243; Armstrong v. Emmet, 16 Tex. Civ. App. 242, 41 S. W. 87; Sullivan v. Hall, 86 Mich. 7, 48 N. W. 646, 13 L. R. A. 556; State v. McKinney, 5 Nev. 198. In the common-law practice, the venue is that part of the declaration in an action which designates the county in which the ac tion is to be tried. Sweet. —Local venue. In pleading. A venue which must be laid in a particular county. When the action could have arisen only in a particular county, it is local, and the venue must be laid in that county. 1 Tidd, Pr. 427. VENTRE. VERAY. L. Fr. True. An old form of vrai. Thus, veray, or true, tenant, is one who holds in fee-simple; veray tenant by the manner, is the same as tenant by the man ner, (g. v.,) with this difference only: that the fee-simple, instead of remaining in the lord, is given by him or by the law to an other. Ham. N. P. 393, 394. Words. —Verba cancellarise. Words of the chan cery. The technical style of writs framed m the office of chancery. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 10, § 3. —Verba precaria. In the civil law. Preca tory words; words of trust, or used to create a trust. Verba accipienda sunt emu effectn, ut sortiantnr effectnm. Words are to be received with effect, so that they may pro duce effect. Bac. Max. Verba accipienda sunt secundum sub jectam materiam. 6 Coke, 62. Words are to be understood with reference to the subject-matter. VERBA. Lat. (Plural of verbum.)

Verba aequivoca, ac in dnbio sensm posita, intelliguntur digniori et potem tiori sensn. Equivocal words, and such as are put in a doubtful sense, are [to be] un derstood in the more worthy and effectual sense. 6 Coke, 20a. Verba aliqnid operari debent; debent intelligi nt aliqnid operentnr. 8 Coke, 94. Words ought to have some operation; they ought to be interpreted in such a way as to have some operation. Verba artis ex arte. Terms of art should be explained from the art. 2 Kent, Comm. 556, note. Verba chartarum fortius accipiuntur contra proferentem. The words of char ters are to be received more strongly against the grantor. Co. Litt. 36; Broom, Max. 594. Verba cum effectn accipienda snnt. Bac. Max. 3. Words ought to be used so as to give them their effect. Verba cnrrentis monetae, tempns so lutionis designant. Dav. 20. The words "current money" designate current at th» time of payment Verba debent intelligi cum effectn, nt res magis valeat quam pereat. Words ought to be understood with effect, that a thing may rather be preserved than destroy* ed. 2 Smith, Lead. Cas. 530. Verba debent intelligi nt aliqnid ope rentnr. Words ought to be understood so as to have some operation. 8 Coke, 94a. Verba dicta de persona intelligi de bent de conditione personse. Words spok en of a person are to be understood of the condition of the person. 2 Rolle, 72. Verba fortius accipiuntur contra pro ferentem. Words are to be taken most strongly against him who uses them. Bac. Max. 11, reg. 3. Verba generalia generaliter sunt in telligenda. 3 Inst. 76. General words are to be generally understood. Verba generalia restringnntur ad ha bilitatem rei vel aptitudinexn personse. General words must be narrowed either to the nature of the subject-matter or to the aptitude of the person. Broom, Max. 646. Verba illata (relata) inesse ridentnr. Words'referred to are to be considered as if incorporated. Broom, Max. 674, 677; 11 Mees. & W. 183.