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voucher
common recoveries. 1. The voucher in common recoveries, is the person on whom the tenant to the praecipe calls to defend the title to the land, because he is supposed to have warranted the title to him at the time of the original purchase.
2. The person usually employed for this purpose is the cryer of the court, who is therefore called the common voucher.
Source : Bouvier 1856
Language : English