Document vested in a body.

In English law . An order which may be granted by the chancery division of the high court of justice, (and formerly by chancery,) passing the legal estate in lieu […]

Period of time an employees needs to work to fully own company shares in a stock option plan.

In ecclesiastical law . The place in a church where the priest’s vestures are deposited. Also an assembly of the minister, church-wardens, and parishioners , usually held iu the vestry […]

A crop of grass or corn. Also a garment; metaphorically applied to a possession or seisin.

In old English law . The vesture of the land; that is, the corn, grass, underwood, sweepage, and the like. Co. Litt 46. See Simpson v. Coe, 4 N. H. […]

In old English law . Profit of land. “How much the vesture of an acre is worth.” Oowell.

A phrase including all things, trees excepted, which grow upon the surface of the land, and clothe it externally. Ham. N. P. 151.

Lat. Ancient statutes. Tbe English statutes from Mui/ua Charta to the end of the reign of Edward II. are so called; those from the beginning of the reign of Edward […]

the name of a federal government agency that administers government benefits to veterans of the US armed forces and their dependents.

Government agency providing services to US veterans.

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 comes to make replevin, […]

Lat. I forbid. Tlie veto-power Is a power vested in the executive officer of some governments to declare bis refusal to assent to any bill or measure wbich has been […]

law that has not been approved by the legislative body as the time has run out in which to sign it.

a right not to approve an act that is passed by a legislative body.

Holder can veto corporate decisions but not board of director elections.

Formal examination prior to grant of approval.

Lat. The old law. A term used iu the civil law, sometimes to designate the law of the Twelve Tables , and sometimes merely a law which was in force […]

To harass, disquiet, annoy; as by repeated litigation upon the same facts.

Lat To be harassed, vexed, or annoyed; to be prosecuted; as in the maxim, Xcmo debet bis vexari pro una et eadem causa, no one should be twice prosecuted for […]

Lat. A vexed question ; a question often agitated or discussed, but not determined or settled: a question or point which has been differently de- termined, and so left doubtful. […]

The injury or damage which is suffered in consequence of the tricks of another.

A proceeding is said to be vexatious when the party bringing it is uot acting bona fide, and merely wishes to annoy or embarrass his opponent, or when it is […]

Endorsement or claim pleading that it is frivolous, cause prejudice, discloses no reasonable cause, is an abuse of process . Also known as frivolous action or suit, vexatious proceeding .

a motion proposed in a court to simply delay the action on a dispute not to aid justice.