Vidimus Philip Vai Di Muhs Noun Attested Copy Document Official

vidimus /VAI-di-muhs/

noun

1. An attested copy of a document.

2. An official inspection.

[From Latin vidimus (we have seen), from videre (to see). Ultimately from the Indo-European root weid- (to see), which also gave us guide, wise, vision, advice, idea, story, history, vizard, videlicet, prudential, previse, and invidious. Earliest documented use: 1436.]

“The final letter was a vidimus bearing the great seal of Philip the Fair, purportedly confirming the marriage contract between Philip of Artois and Blanche of Brittany.” - Margaret Reeves, et al.; Shell Games; CRRS Publications; 2004.