L Lat A waste or common lying open to the cattle of all tenants who have a right of commoning. Cowell.
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VAUDERIE
In old European law. Sorcery ; witchcraft; the profession of the Vau- dois.
VAULT
A safe and secure area in financial institutions for storing money and valuables.
VAVASORY
The lands that a vavasour held. CowelL VAVASOUR 1198 VENDITIONI EXPONAS
VAVASOUR
One who was in dignity uext to a baron. Britt 109; Bract lib. 1, e. a One who held of a baron. Enc. Brit
VEAL-MONEY
The tenants of the manor of Bradford, in the county of Wilts, paid a yearly rent by this name to their lord, iu lieu of veal paid formerly in kind. […]
VEBLEN EFFECT
Abnormal behavior of a market where higher priced goods are bought even though lower priced substitutes are available.
VECORIN
In old Lomliardic law. The offense of stopping one on the way; fore- stalling. Spelman.
VECTIGAL JUDICIARIUM
Lat Fines paid to the crown to defray the expenses of maintaining courts of justice.’ 3 Salk. 33. Vectigal, origine ipsa, jns Cresarnm et rcgum patrimoniale est. Dav. 12. Tribute, […]
VECTIGALIA
In Roman law. Customs-duties ; taxes paid upon the importation or exportation of certain kinds of merchandise . Cod. 4, 61.
VECTOR
Set of numbers or elements arranged in a table as rows and columns.
VECTOR GRAPHICS
Computer graphics that are not pictures and unlike raster graphics are represented by mathematical equations as geometric shapes.
VECTURA
In maritime law . Freight
VEGA
The price changes that occur compared to a %1 volatility change.
VEHICLE
The word “vehicle” includes every description of carriage or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on laud. Rev. St. U. S. 5 […]
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)
A combination of letters and numbers that identifies the vehicle’s make, model, and year. Usually found on the dashboard, vehicle registration , or title.
VEHICULAR HOMICIDE
the term used to describe killing a person by using a vehicle.
VEHMGERICHT
See FEHHGERICIIT.
VEIES
L. Fr. Distresses forbidden to be replevied; the refusing to let the owner have his cattle which were distrained. Kel- ham.
VEIN
In mining law. A body of mineral or mineralized rock, filling a seam or fissure in the earth’s crust, within defined boundaries in the general mass of the mountain, and […]
VEJOURS
Viewers; persons sent by the court to take a view of any place in ques- tion, for the better decision of the right. It signifies, also, such as are sent […]
VELABRUM
In old English law . A toll-booth. Cro. Jac. 122.
VELITIS JUBEATIS QUIRITES
Lat Is it your will and pleasure, Romans The form of proposing a law to the Roman people. Tayl. Civil Law, 155. Velle non creditnr qni obsequitnr im- perio patris […]
VELOCITY
Economic strength measurement estimating the times a single dollar will change hands over a period of time.
VELOCITY OF MONEY
Rate that money circulate at, turns over and changes hands. High velocity equals high number of transactions. Also known as velocity of circulation .