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  • VOIDABLE
    That may be avoided, or declared void; not absolutely void, or void in itself. Most of tbe acts of infants are voida¬ble only, and not absolutely void. 2 Kent Comm. 234. See Voin.
  • VOIDANCE
    The act of emptying; ejection from a benefice.
  • VOIR DIRE
    (Latin) . To speak the truth. This phrase denotes the preliminary examination which the court may make of one presented as a witness or juror, where his competency, interest, etc., is objected to.
  • VOITURE
    Fr. Carriage; transporta¬tion by carriage.
  • VOLENS
    (Latin) Willing. He is said to be willing who either expressly consents or tacitly makes no opposition. Calvin. Volenti non fit injnria. He who con¬sents cannot receive an injury. Broom, Max. 268, 269, 271, 395; Shelf. Mar. A Div. 448; Wing. Max. 482 ; 4 Term R. 657. Volnit, sed More...
  • VOLUMEN
    (Latin) In the civil law. A volume; so called from its form, being rolled up.
  • VOLUMUS
    (Latin) We will; it is our will. The first word of a clause in the royal writs of protection and letters patent. Cowell.
  • VOLUNTARIUS DAEMON
    A voluntary madman. A term applied by Lord Coke to a drunkard, who has voluntarily contracted madness by intoxication. Co. Litt 247 ; 4 Bl. Comm. 25.
  • VOLUNTARY
    Free; without compulsion or solicitation. Without consideration; without valuable consideration; gratuitous. —Voluntary courtesy. A voluntary act of kindness; an act of kindness performed by one man towards another, of the free will and inclination of the doer, without any previous request or promise of reward made by him who is More...
  • VOLUNTAS
    Lat. Properly, volition, purpose, or intention, or a design or the feel-ing or Impulse which prompts the commission of an act; hut in old English law the term was often used to denote a will, that is, the last will and testament of a decedent, more properly called testamentum. Voluntas More...
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