PONE PER VADIUM
\pˈə͡ʊn pɜː vˈe͡ɪdi͡əm], \pˈəʊn pɜː vˈeɪdiəm], \p_ˈəʊ_n p_ɜː v_ˈeɪ_d_iə_m]\
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In English practice. An obsolete writ to the sheriff to summon the defendant to appear and answer the plaintiff's suit, on his putting in sureties to prosecute. It was so called from the words of the writ, "pone per vadium et salvos plcgios," "put by gage and safe pledges, A. B., the defendant."
By Henry Campbell Black
