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Vill
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VillIn England this word was used to signify the parts into which a hundred or wapentake was divided. Fortesc. De Laud, ch. 24. See Co. Litt. 115 b. It also signifies a town or city.
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Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
Hundred
English law. A district of country originally comprehending one hundred families. In many cases, when an offence is committed within the -hundred, the inhabitants tire civilly responsible to the party injured.
Wapentake
An ancient word used in England as synonymous with hundred
Town
This word is used differently in different parts of the United States. In Pennsylvania and some other of the middle states, it signifies a village or a city. In some of the northeastern states it denotes a subdivision of a county, called in other places a township.
City
Government. A town incorporated by that name.
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Vide
(United Kingdom) See.
Videlicet
Latin for "to wit" or "that is to say." "Viz.", which is the abbreviation of videlicet, is much more commonly used. It is often found in legal documents to advise that what follows provides more detail about a preceding general statement.
View
A prospect.
Viewers
Persons appointed by the courts to see and examine certain matters, and make a report of the facts together with their opinion to the court. In practice they are usually appointed to lay out roads and the like.
Vigilance
Proper attention in proper time.
Vill
Villain
An epithet used to cast contempt and contumely on the person to whom it is applied.
Villein
English law. A species of slave during the feudal times.'
Villenous judgment
Punishments. In the English law it was a judgment given by the common law in attaint, or in cases of conspiracy.
Vindication, civil law
Civil law. The claim made to property by the owner of it.
Violation
An act done unlawfully and with force. In the English stat. it is declared to be high treason in any person who shall violate the king's companion; and it is equally high treason in her to suffer willingly such violation. This word has been construed under this statute to mean carnal knowledge.
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Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
Hundred
English law. A district of country originally comprehending one hundred families. In many cases, when an offence is committed within the -hundred, the inhabitants tire civilly responsible to the party injured.
Wapentake
An ancient word used in England as synonymous with hundred
Town
This word is used differently in different parts of the United States. In Pennsylvania and some other of the middle states, it signifies a village or a city. In some of the northeastern states it denotes a subdivision of a county, called in other places a township.
City
Government. A town incorporated by that name.
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Vide
(United Kingdom) See.
Videlicet
Latin for "to wit" or "that is to say." "Viz.", which is the abbreviation of videlicet, is much more commonly used. It is often found in legal documents to advise that what follows provides more detail about a preceding general statement.
View
A prospect.
Viewers
Persons appointed by the courts to see and examine certain matters, and make a report of the facts together with their opinion to the court. In practice they are usually appointed to lay out roads and the like.
Vigilance
Proper attention in proper time.
Vill
Villain
An epithet used to cast contempt and contumely on the person to whom it is applied.
Villein
English law. A species of slave during the feudal times.'
Villenous judgment
Punishments. In the English law it was a judgment given by the common law in attaint, or in cases of conspiracy.
Vindication, civil law
Civil law. The claim made to property by the owner of it.
Violation
An act done unlawfully and with force. In the English stat. it is declared to be high treason in any person who shall violate the king's companion; and it is equally high treason in her to suffer willingly such violation. This word has been construed under this statute to mean carnal knowledge.
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