Vadium

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vadium \Va"di*um\, n. [LL., from L. vas, vadis, bail.] (Law)
     Pledge; security; bail. See {Mortgage}.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Vadium vivum} [LL.] (Law), a living pledge, which exists
        where an estate is granted until a debt is paid out of its


        proceeds.
        [1913 Webster]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  VADIUM, contracts. A pledge, or surety.