vouchee
(vaʊˈtʃiː)
[f. vouch v. + -ee1.]
1. Law. The person vouched or summoned into court to give warranty of a title. common vouchee: (see quot. 1766).
| 1485 Rolls of Parlt. VI. 293/2 The said Recoveries and Judgments.., and the Vouchees in the same and theire heires. 1531 Dial. on Laws Eng. ii. i. F i b, And that vouche shal appere, and the demaundantes shall declare agaynst hym. 1594 West 2nd Pt. Symbol. §52 A fine betweene the vouchee and the demaundant is good,..for that the vouchee is as it were tenant in law. 1607 Cowell Interpreter s.v., The party that voucheth in this case, is called the Tenent, the partie vouched is tearmed the Vouchee. 1625 Sir H. Finch Law (1636) 372 In an assise of nouell disseisin and nusance, voucher lyeth not, vnlesse the vouchee be present in Court, and will by and by enter into warrantie. 1653 in Somers Tracts I. 503 By any Recovery or Recoveries had against him as Tenant or as Vouchee in any common Recovery. 1752 M{supc}Douall Inst. Law Scot. II. 244 The writ is brought against the tenant in tail himself, who vouches the common vouchee. 1766 Blackstone Comm. II. 353 Upon this, Jacob Morland, the vouchee, appears, is impleaded, and defends the title. Ibid. 359 The cryer of the court (who, from being frequently thus vouched, is called the common vouchee). 1802–12 Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) V. 492 A..man of straw, under some such name as that of the common witness, or common vouchee. 1818 Cruise Digest (ed. 2) V. 451 Because the wife was named..and appeared and vouched as joint tenant; and the vouchee entered into the warranty, admitting that he ought to warrant to them. 1875 [see vouch v. 1]. |
2. A person cited or appealed to as an authority for some fact or statement, or in evidence of some assertion. Occas. common vouchee, after prec.
| 1654 Gataker Disc. Apol. 29 His Vouchee, Autor, or Advocate (cal him which you please). 1673 Hickman Quinquart. Hist. 439 Making also the immortal Grotius his Vouchee for this opinion. 1809 M. Edgeworth Manœuvring xiv, He had wisely determined to obtain accurate and positive evidence from Captain Lightbody, who seemed in this case to be the common vouchee. 1851 Fraser's Mag. XLIII. 271 Some respectable names are occasionally attached as vouchees. 1890 Pall Mall G. 23 June 3/1 Poor Nausicaa! She is the common vouchee of every writer on every game of ball. |
† b. A fact or circumstance cited in evidence or justification. Obs. rare.
| 1657 W. Morice Coena quasi κοινὴ Pref. 8 Importunity of friends (the common vouchee to warrant publications). 1665 Glanvill Scepsis Sci. Addr. p. xi, Conceiving Reason and Philosophy sufficient vouchees of Licentious practices. |
† 3. An avouchment or assertion. Obs. rare.
| 1625 Bp. R. Montagu App. Cæsar 119 It insisteth but upon some points only; and that not by or with a generall vouchee neither, but thus only, I see no cause. a 1641 ― Acts & Mon. (1642) 256 Of what credit or authority this his vouchee is, I cannot tell. |