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Vassal
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VassalFeudal law. This was the name given to the holder of a fief, bound to perform feudal service; this word was then always correlative to that of lord, entitled to such service.
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Feudal
A term applied to whatever concerned a feud; as feudal law: feudal rights.
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Name
One or more words used to distinguish a particular individual, as Socrates, Benjamin Franklin.
Holder
The holder of a bill of exchange is the person who is legally in the possession of it, either by endorsement or delivery, or both, and entitled to receive payment either from the drawee or acceptor, and is considered as an assignee. 4 Dall. 53. And one who endorses a promissory note for collection, as an agent, will be considered the holder for the purpose of transmitting notices.
Fief
Fief or Feud. In its origin, a fief was a district of country allotted to one of the chiefs who invaded the Roman empire, as a stipend or reward; with a condition annexed that the possessor should do service faithfully both at home and in the wars, to him by whom it was given. The law of fiefs supposed that originally all lands belonged to lords, who had had the generosity to abandon them to others, from whom the actual possessors derive their rights upon the sole reservation of certain services more or less onerous as a sign of superiority. To this superiority was added that which gives the right of dispensing justice, a right which was originally attached to all fiefs, and conferred upon those who possessed it, the most eminent part of public power.
Service
1) Contracts. The being employed to serve another. 2) Feudal law. That duty which the tenant owes to his lord, by reason of his fee or estate. 3) Practice. To execute a writ or process; as, to serve a writ of capias signifies to arrest a defendant under the process;
Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
Correlative
This term is used to designate those things, one of which cannot exist without another.
Lord
In England, this is a title of honor. In the U. S. no such titles are allowed
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Valuation process
A systematic procedure employed to provide the answer to a client's question about real property value.
Value
Common law. This term has two different meanings. It sometimes expresses the utility of an object, and some times the power of purchasing other good with it. The first may be called value in use, the latter value in exchange.
Value received
This phrase is usually employed in a bill of exchange or promissory note, to denote that a consideration has been given for it.
Valued bill of lading or ad valorem bill of lading
A valued bill of lading, sometimes called an ad valorem bill of lading, is a bill of lading where the value of the cargo has been declared by the carrier and "inserted in the bill of lading".
Valued policy
A valued policy is one where the value has been set on the ship or goods insured, and this value has been inserted in the policy in the nature of liquidated damages, to save the necessity of proving it in case of loss.
Vassal
Vectigalia
Among the Romans this word signified duties which were paid to the prince for the importation and exportation of certain merchandise. They differed from tribute, which was a tax paid by each individual .
Vehicle
Any thing that is designed to transport persons or objects. A bicycle has been held to be a vehicle.
Vejours
An obsolete word, which signified viewers or experts.
Venal
Something that is bought. The term is generally applied in a bad sense; as, a venal office is an office which has been purchased.
Vendee
Contracts. A purchaser; A buyer.
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Feudal
A term applied to whatever concerned a feud; as feudal law: feudal rights.
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Name
One or more words used to distinguish a particular individual, as Socrates, Benjamin Franklin.
Holder
The holder of a bill of exchange is the person who is legally in the possession of it, either by endorsement or delivery, or both, and entitled to receive payment either from the drawee or acceptor, and is considered as an assignee. 4 Dall. 53. And one who endorses a promissory note for collection, as an agent, will be considered the holder for the purpose of transmitting notices.
Fief
Fief or Feud. In its origin, a fief was a district of country allotted to one of the chiefs who invaded the Roman empire, as a stipend or reward; with a condition annexed that the possessor should do service faithfully both at home and in the wars, to him by whom it was given. The law of fiefs supposed that originally all lands belonged to lords, who had had the generosity to abandon them to others, from whom the actual possessors derive their rights upon the sole reservation of certain services more or less onerous as a sign of superiority. To this superiority was added that which gives the right of dispensing justice, a right which was originally attached to all fiefs, and conferred upon those who possessed it, the most eminent part of public power.
Service
1) Contracts. The being employed to serve another. 2) Feudal law. That duty which the tenant owes to his lord, by reason of his fee or estate. 3) Practice. To execute a writ or process; as, to serve a writ of capias signifies to arrest a defendant under the process;
Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
Correlative
This term is used to designate those things, one of which cannot exist without another.
Lord
In England, this is a title of honor. In the U. S. no such titles are allowed
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Valuation process
A systematic procedure employed to provide the answer to a client's question about real property value.
Value
Common law. This term has two different meanings. It sometimes expresses the utility of an object, and some times the power of purchasing other good with it. The first may be called value in use, the latter value in exchange.
Value received
This phrase is usually employed in a bill of exchange or promissory note, to denote that a consideration has been given for it.
Valued bill of lading or ad valorem bill of lading
A valued bill of lading, sometimes called an ad valorem bill of lading, is a bill of lading where the value of the cargo has been declared by the carrier and "inserted in the bill of lading".
Valued policy
A valued policy is one where the value has been set on the ship or goods insured, and this value has been inserted in the policy in the nature of liquidated damages, to save the necessity of proving it in case of loss.
Vassal
Vectigalia
Among the Romans this word signified duties which were paid to the prince for the importation and exportation of certain merchandise. They differed from tribute, which was a tax paid by each individual .
Vehicle
Any thing that is designed to transport persons or objects. A bicycle has been held to be a vehicle.
Vejours
An obsolete word, which signified viewers or experts.
Venal
Something that is bought. The term is generally applied in a bad sense; as, a venal office is an office which has been purchased.
Vendee
Contracts. A purchaser; A buyer.
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