Excerpt from L'Ordonnance des Maiours: Étude sur les Institutions Judiciaires à Metz du Xiiie Siècle au XviieLa vesture était un acte d'autorité par lequel un posses scur était solennellement investi de l'héritage, c'est-à-dire de l'immeuble tenu par lui. Un échevin devait intervenir avec le maire à l'acte de vesture; ce qui constituait pour cet acte le plaid banni.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.