Category: V

a verdict that is barred as the same issues have already been settled between the same parties in an earlier suit.

This means to record a person’s voice for the purpose of identification.

A term in insurance policies when the insurer must keep an amount aside from annual premiums in order to meet his obligations to the insured person.

the worth of an item in money, its value, saleable value, fair value. See value, fair; fair and reasonable market value.

An oral agreement that is reached without anything committed to writing. Also a parol contract. See oral contract; verbal contract.

a rule in building contracts where an owner is entitled to the difference in value between what is built and what should have been built.

a contract that is spoken and is not written down. See oral contract; verbal agreement.

a term used to describe the truthfulness or the honesty of a person.

the name that is given to an infection that is transmitted by sexual contact.

a situation where the jury members leave court to see where an accident or crim occurred.

the information that is kept on births, deaths. Marriages, divorces, longevity etc that is kept by public authorities for determining public utilities etc.

a term that means to cancel or to rescind the court’s judgement.

A term often used in a promissory note meaning that there has been a lawful consideration given for the note.

the interference of a person’s right to privacy by various means such as showing photos in public.

See fair and reasonable market value.

the name that is given to the verdict that is directed by the judge to the jury.

the name of the 18th Amendment that prohibits the general sale of liquor and was repealed in 1933.

See value, fair.

a verdict that is in the defendant’s favour on grounds that the plaintiff does not have aright to bring a charge against him.

a term that applies to the clause or clauses in a law that prescribe the penalties for various violations.