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voucher


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Voucher  \Vouch"er\,  n. 
  1.  One  who  vouches,  or  gives  witness  or  full  attestation,  to 
  anything 
 
  Will  his  vouchers  vouch  him  no  more?  --Shak. 
 
  The  great  writers  of  that  age  stand  up  together  as 
  vouchers  for  one  another's  reputation.  --Spectator. 
 
  2.  A  book,  paper,  or  document  which  serves  to  vouch  the  truth 
  of  accounts,  or  to  confirm  and  establish  facts  of  any 
  kind  also  any  acquittance  or  receipt  showing  the  payment 
  of  a  debt;  as  the  merchant's  books  are  his  vouchers  for 
  the  correctness  of  his  accounts;  notes,  bonds,  receipts, 
  and  other  writings,  are  used  as  vouchers  in  proving  facts. 
 
  3.  (Law) 
  a  The  act  of  calling  in  a  person  to  make  good  his 
  warranty  of  title  in  the  old  form  of  action  for  the 
  recovery  of  lands. 
  b  The  tenant  in  a  writ  of  right  one  who  calls  in 
  another  to  establish  his  warranty  of  title.  In  common 
  recoveries,  there  may  be  a  single  voucher  or  double 
  vouchers.  --Blackstone. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  voucher 
  n  :  a  negotiable  certificate  that  can  be  detached  and  redeemed 
  as  needed  [syn:  {coupon}] 




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