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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Vadium  \Va"di*um\,  n.  [LL.,  from  L.  vas,  vadis,  bail.]  (Law) 
  Pledge;  security;  bail.  See  {Mortgage}. 
 
  {Vadium  vivum}  [LL.]  (Law),  a  living  pledge,  which  exists 
  where  an  estate  is  granted  until  a  debt  is  paid  out  of  its 
  proceeds. 

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