Ah ha! perhaps that one word "vendue" is the clue.. definition from Black's Law Book: " a sale, generally a sale at public auction, an more particularly a sale so made under authority of law, as by a constable, sheriff, tax collector, administrator, etc." ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.