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vendication

vendication noun: an act of claiming property. Also the misspelling of vindication.

Noun

vendication (uncountable)

  1. (rare) An act of claiming property.
    • We do give unto them full Power and Authority to and in our Behalf for the maintaining justifying and defending our just Rights and Property in our aforesaid Purchases above premisd and call to an Account any Person or Persons that are concernd in the aforesaid Purchase of what Monies is due from...1678 June 8, The Minutes of the Westconnaug Purchase, quoted in Rhode Island Historical Society, Rhode Island Historical Society Collections
    • Poſſeſſion thereof remains in the Heir, against whom the Legatar hath not only a personal Action, for payment or delivery of the Legacy but hath alſo a real Action of Vendication, againſt him, and all other havers thereof, for delivery of the ſame.1693, The Institutions of the Law of Scotland, Deduced from Its Originals, and Collated with the Civil, Canon, and Feudal Laws, and with the Customs of Neighbouring Nations ... The Second Edition...

Also used as

vendication is also the misspelling of vindication.

Origin of vendication

From Latin vendicatio (“claiming”), via French vendication (“claiming”).

Questions about vendication

What does vendication mean?
Vendication means an act of claiming property.
What part of speech is vendication?
Vendication is a noun.

Words near vendication in the dictionary

  1. vendibility
  2. vendible
  3. vendibleness
  4. vendibles
  5. vendicate
  6. vendication
  7. Vendidad
  8. vendidaite
  9. vendido
  10. vendidos
  11. vending

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