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  • VEXATIOUS
    A proceeding is said to be vexatious when the party bringing it is not acting bona fide, and merely wishes to annoy or embarrass his opponent, or when it is not calculated to lead to any practical result Such a proceeding is often described as "frivolous and vexatious," and the More...
  • VEXED QUESTION
    A question or point of law often discussed or agitated, but not determined or settled.
  • VI AUT CLAM
    Lat. In the civil law. By force or covertly. Dig. 43, 24.
  • VI BONORUM RAPTORUM
    Lat. In the civil law. Of goods taken away by force. The name of an action given by tbe praetor as a remedy for the violent taking of another's property. Inst 4, 2; Dig. 47, 8.
  • VI ET ARMIS
    Lat With force and arms. See TRESPASS.
  • VIA
    Lat In the civil law. Way; a road; a right of way. The right of walking, riding, and driving over another's land. Inst. 2, 3, pr. A species of rural servitude, which Includeda footpath and actus, (a driftway.) In old English law. A way; a public road; a foot, horse, More...
  • VIABILITY
    Capability of living. A term used to denote the power a new-born child possesses of continuing its Independent existence.
  • VIABLE
    Capable of life. This term is applied to a newly-born infant, and especially to one prematurely born, which is not only born alive, but in such a state of organic development as to make possible the continuance of its life.
  • VIAE SERVITUS
    Lat. A right of way over another's land.
  • VIAGERE RENTE
    In French law. A rent charge or annuity payable for the life of the annuitant.
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