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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Voucher

Vouch'er, n.

noun

n. 1. One who vouches, or gives witness or full attestation to any thing.

Will his vouchers vouch him no more? Shak.

The great writers of that age stand up together as vouchers for each other's reputation. Spectator.

Sense 2. A book, paper, or document which serves to vouch the truth of accounts, or to confirm and establish facts of any kind; 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 facts.

Sense 3. (Law.) The act of calling in a person to make good his warranty of title.

Vouch'er or Vouch'or, n.

noun

(127.), n. (Law.) 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.