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Webster 1913 Edition
Voucher
Vouch′er
,Noun.
1.
One who vouches, or gives witness or full attestation, to anything.
Will his
vouchers
vouch him no more? Shakespeare
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 facts3.
(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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Voucher
VOUCHER
,Noun.
1.
One who gives witness or full attestation to any thing.The great writers of that age stand up together as vouchers for each others reputation.
2.
In law, the act of calling in a person to make god his warranty of title.3.
A book, paper or document which serves to vouch the truth of accounts, or to confirm or establish facts of any kind. The merchants books are his vouchers for the correctness of his accounts. Notes, bonds receipts and other writings, are used as vouchers in proving facts.