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Category: V

VERDICT QUOTIENT

a verdict with an award of money to a plaintiff arrived at by adding all of the juror’s awards and dividing by the number of jurors.

VERIFIED NAMES

These are the list of names that have been authenticated by an officer of the court.

VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION

the name given to a group of people who get together voluntarily to form an organisation to carry out public good.

VICE CONSUL

the name that is given to a consulate of a government who assumes the duties of a consul.

VERDICT DIRECTED

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

VOLSTEAD ACT

the name of the 18th Amendment that prohibits the general sale of liquor and was repealed in 1933.

VOLUNTARY NONSUIT

a judgement that is as he fails to press a suit in the courts against the plaintiff

VERIFIED COPY

a copy of a document that has been authenticated by the creator of the original.

VERDICT PUBLIC

verdict that is given by a jury in an open court as differing from a private verdict. See verdict, privy.

VERDICT SPECIAL

a verdict that has ruled on each fact at issue rather than in favour of one of the parties. See verdict, general.

VINDICATION

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

VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER

the term given to the killing of a person that is associated with a fit of anger seemingly for a good reason. It is intentional but not planned.

VOTING RIGHTS ACT

a federal law that provides a person with the right to vote without any conditions or requirements.

VERDICT PRIVY

verdict that is given in private to a judge after the court has been adjourned. It will be given publicly when the court is in session next.

VINDICATORY

a term given to the clauses in laws that prescribe the penalties for violations of the laws.

VOID JUDGMENT

a term that is used for a judgement that has no legal force or effect.

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