VOUCHER - An account book in which are
entered the acquittances, or warrants for the accountant's
discharge. It also signifies any acquittance or receipt,
which is evidence of payment, or of the debtor's being
discharged.
common recoveries. The voucher in common recoveries,
is the person on whom the tenant to the praecipe calls
to defend the title to the land, because he is supposed
to have warranted the title to him at the time of the
original purchase.
The person usually employed for this purpose is the
cryer of the court, who is therefore called the common
voucher.
