vădĭmōnĭum (noun N) : 1. vas; jurid. t. t.
* A promise secured by bail for appearance on a particular day before a tribunal, bail, security, recognizance.
* Lit.: cum autem in jus vocatus fuerit adversarius ni eo die finitum fuerit negotium, vadimonium ei faciendum est, id est, ut promittat, se certo die sisti, Gai Inst. 4, 184; cf. as to the sev. eral kinds of vadimonia,id. ib. 4, 185 sqq.: ubi tu's, qui me convadatu's Veneriis vadimoniis?to appear before Venus,Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 5: se jam neque vadari amplius neque vadimonium promittere,Cic. Quint. 6, 23: hominem in praesentia non vadatur; ita sine vadimonio disceditur,id. ib. 6, 23: ne quis extra suum forum vadimonium promittere cogatur, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 15, § 38; id. Quint. 20, 63; so, promittere (alicui Romam Lilybaeum, etc.),Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 141; id. Tull. 8, 20: constituere,to fix by agreement,id. Sen. 7, 21: concipere,to draw up a form of recognizance,id. Q. Fr. 2, 15, 3; cf.: aptius hae capiant vadimonia garrula cerae,Ov. Am. 1, 12, 23: res esse in vadimonium coepit, comes to giving bail, i. e. is to be tried by due course of law, Cic. Quint. 5, 22: vadimonium est mihi cum aliquo,am under recognizance, am bound to appear,id. ib. 18, 56: sistere, to keep one's recognizance, make one's appearance, present one's self in court, Cato ap. Gell. 2, 14, 1; Cic. Quint. 8, 29; Nep. Att. 9, 4; v. sisto, I. C. 2.: ad vadimonium venire,Cic. Quint. 21, 67; 5, 22: non venire,id. ib. 15, 48; 16, 52 sq.: quā (horā) tibi vadimonium non sit obitum,id. ib. 16, 53; so, obire,id. ib. 17, 54; Plin. Ep. 8, 12, 3: descendere ad vadimonium,Sen. Ep. 8, 5: occurrere ad vadimonium,Suet. Calig. 39: ad vadimonium currere,Prop. 4 (5), 2, 57. facere,Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 19; Cic. Quint. 18, 57; Val. Max. 3, 7, 1; Liv. 23, 32, 1; Juv. 3, 298: differre,to put off the day of appearance,Cic. Att. 2, 7, 2; id. Fam. 2, 8, 1: ceteris quae habebat vadimonia differt,id. Quint. 6, 23 fin.: imponere alicui,to exact,Nep. Timol. 5, 2: deserere,to forfeit one's recognizance, fail to appear,Cic. Quint. 23, 75; id. Cat. 2, 2, 5; Plin. prooem. § 23: missum facere,to release one's bail,Cic. Quint. 14, 46; cf. on the vadimonium, Dict. of Antiq. s. v.
* Transf., an appointment, a fixed time: ex eventu significationum intellegi sidera debebunt, non ad dies utique praefinitos exspectari tempestatum vadimonia,Plin. 18, 26, 62, § 231: tibi amatorem vadimonio sistam,App. M. 9, p. 227, 17; 10, p. 240, 10 al.