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Not voidable; incapable of being made null or void. Blackstone. Unavoidable hemorrhage (Med.), hemorrhage produced by the afterbirth, or placenta, being situated over the mouth of the womb so as to require detachment before the child can be born. -- Un`a*void"a*ble*ness, n. -- Un`a*void"a*bly, adv.

To release from a pen or from confinement. "If a man unpens another's water." Blackstone.

ting, use, a use which, though executed, may change from one to another by circumstances. Blackstone. -- Statute of uses (Eng. Law), the stat. 27 Henry VIII., cap. 10, which transfers uses into possession, or which unites the use and possession. -- To make use of, To put to use, to employ; to derive service from; to…

compensation having value given for a thing purchased, as money, marriage, services, etc. Blackstone. Bouvier.

e twelve men who are to try the cause must be of the same venue where the demand is made. Blackstone.

izes, view, receive, and enroll attachments and presentments of all manner of trespasses. Blackstone.

legacy, and if the legatee dies before the testator, his representative shall receive it. Blackstone. -- Vested remainder (Law), an estate settled, to remain to a determined person, after the particular estate is spent. Blackstone. Kent.

a court of record, held in a hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet. Blackstone. -- View of premises (Law), the inspection by the jury of the place where a litigated transaction is said to have occurred.

Villanage. Blackstone.

Visit, v. t., 2, and Visitation, n., 2. The king is the visitor of all lay corporations. Blackstone.

a warranty of title. He vouches the tenant in tail, who vouches over the common vouchee. Blackstone.

to court to support or make good his warranty of title in the process of common recovery. Blackstone.

arranty of title. In common recoveries, there may be a single voucher or double vouchers. Blackstone.

he king unless the owner made pursuit of the felon, took him, and brought him to justice. Blackstone.

mshire are divided into wapentakes, instead of hundreds. [Written also wapentac.] Selden. Blackstone.

of a ward; guardianship; right of guardianship. Wardship is incident to tenure in socage. Blackstone.

to the next of kin. It was paid by the murderer. [Written also weregeld, weregelt, etc.] Blackstone.

t for a return of the chattels replevied, and fails to obtain them on the writ of return. Blackstone.