common vouchee
1common vouchee — The fictitious party in an action of common recovery who was named by the tenant as his warrantor and grantor. It was the common practice in such a proceeding to name the crier of the court as the common vouchee. 2 Bl Comm 358 …
2Common Recovery — A Common Recovery was a fictitious legal proceeding in England to enable an entailed estate in land (also called a fee tail) to be converted into absolute ownership, fee simple. As a preliminary, there needed to be a conveyance of the land. The… …
3Common recovery — A common recovery was a fictitious legal proceeding in England to enable an entailed estate in land (also called a fee tail) to be converted into absolute ownership, fee simple. As a preliminary, there needed to be a conveyance of the land. The… …
4vouchee — /vawchiy/ In common recoveries, the person who is called to warrant or defend the title is called the vouchee. The person who is vouched to warranty. In this fictitious proceeding the crier of the court usually performs the office of a common… …
5common — Belonging or shared equally by more than one. Of frequent occurrence. Without special or distinguishing characteristics. An incorporeal hereditament which consists in a profit which one man has in connection with one or more others in the land of …
6common — Belonging or shared equally by more than one. Of frequent occurrence. Without special or distinguishing characteristics. An incorporeal hereditament which consists in a profit which one man has in connection with one or more others in the land of …
7vouchee — Under a procedure in common law, a person from whom a defendant will seek indemnity if a plaintiff is successful in his or her action against the defendant. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. vouchee …
8Vouchee — Vouch*ee , n. (Law) The person who is vouched, or called into court to support or make good his warranty of title in the process of common recovery. Blackstone. [1913 Webster] …
9double voucher — In old English law, this was when a common recovery was had, and an estate of freehold was first conveyed to any indifferent person against whom the proecipe was brought, and then he vouched the tenant in tail, who vouched over the common vouchee …
10double voucher — In old English law, this was when a common recovery was had, and an estate of freehold was first conveyed to any indifferent person against whom the proecipe was brought, and then he vouched the tenant in tail, who vouched over the common vouchee …
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