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Search Results for "V"
VACANCY.
A place which is empty. The term is principally applied
to cases where an office is not filled.
2. By the constitution... more
VACANT POSSESSION,
estates. An estate which has been abandoned
by the tenant; the abandonment must be complete in order to make the possession
vacant, and therefore if the... more
VACANT SUCCESSION.
An inheritance for which the heirs are
unknown.
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VACANTIA, BONA,
civil law. Goods without an owner. Such goods
escheat.
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TO VACATE
To annul, to render an act void; as to vacate an
entry which has been made on a record when the court has been imposed... more
VACATION.
That period of time between the end of one term and
beginning of another. During vacation, rules and orders are made in such cases
as are... more
VACCARIA,
old Engl. law. A word which is derived from vacca, a
cow, and signifies a dairy-house. Co. Litt. 5 b.
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VADIUM,
contracts. A pledge, or surety.
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VADIUM MORTUUM,
contracts. A mortgage or dead-pledge; it is a
security given by the borrower of a sum of money, by which he grants to the
lender an... more
VADIUM VIVUM,
contracts. A species of security by which the
borrower of a sum of money, made over his estate to the lender, until he had
received that... more
VAGABOND.
One who wanders about idly, who has no certain
dwelling. The ordonnances of the French define a vagabond almost in the same
terms. Dalloz, Dict. Vagabondage.... more
VAGRANT.
Generally by the word vagrant is understood a person
who lives idly without any settled home; but this definition is much enlarged
by some sta-tutes, and... more
VAGUENESS.
Uncertainty.
2. Certainty is required in contracts, wills, pleadings, judgments, and
indeed in all the acts on which courts have to give... more
VALID
An act, deed, will, and the like, which has received all
the formalities required by law, is said to be valid or good in law.... more
VALUABLE CONSIDERATION,
contracts. An equivalent for a thing
purchased. Vide Vin. Ab. Consideration, B; 2 Bl. Com. 297; Consideration.
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VALUATION.
The act of ascertaining the worth of a thing; or it
is the esti-mated worth of a thing.
2. It differs from... more
VALUE,
common law. This term has two different meanings. It
sometimes expresses the utility of an object, and some times the power of
purchasing other good with... more
VALUE RECEIVED.
This phrase is usually employed in a bill of
exchange or promissory note, to denote that a consideration has been given for
it.
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VALUED POLICY.
A valued policy is one where the value has been
set on the ship or goods insured, and this value has been inserted in the
policy... more
VARIANCE,
pleading, evidence. A disagreement or difference
between two parts of the same legal proceeding, which ought to agree together.
Variances are between the writ and the... more
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