Law. rare. [ad. med.L. vadiātio, f. vadiāre to give security.] The action of requiring or giving surety or pledges.
1753. Chambers’ Cycl., Suppl. s.v., Vadiation, Vadiatio, in the civil law.
1802–12. Bentham, Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827), IV. 557, note. Remedy against … sequestration, or vadiation in this or that shape.
