Quick question

[Ozzie Gert]

Would the word Vie be used in 1743, as in a will please?

Example

Thus dispose of )vie( I give unto........

Sylvia

[scuda]

Could it be 'viz'?

scuda

[Ozzie Gert]

It looks more like a E or A than a Z, hard to read though

Thank you Scuda

Sylvia

[naomiatt]

Hi - doesn't answer your question directly..but this is an interesting site for words used in early documents;

http://ftp.rootsweb.ancestry.com/pub/usgenweb/special/earlywords.txt

and this is a dictionary of legal terms
A Dictionary of Law, page 61 | HighBeam Research - FREE trial
otherwise I'm getting variable interest equity, life, etc or vis...unless perhaps it's a typo ? and would therefore mean namely or that is to say....
Vis
An abbreviation of the Latin word videlicet. Short for "namely" or "that is to say."
or
Vir
[Latin: man or husband]. Vir et uxor censentur in lege una persona is an old (and long abandoned in most countries) legal principle meaning that man and wife are considered to be one person in law
Dictionary of legal terms - U-Z

[Ozzie Gert]

Thank you Naomi, will take a look at those.

Sylvia

[Ozzie Gert]

"Vis" is a possibility, it certainly fits in with the context of the other words.

Thank you

Sulvia