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Category: V

VISNE

L. Fr. The neighborhood; vicinage; venue. Ex parte McNeeley, 36 W. Va. 84, 14 S. E. 436, 15 L. B. A. 220, 32 Am. St. Bep. 831; State v. Kemp, 34 Minn.

VOTUM

Lat. A vow or promise. Dies votorum, the wedding day. Fleta 1. 1, c. 4.

VOLUNTARY ASSIGNMENT

An assignment for the benefit of his creditors made by a debtor voluntarily ; as distinguished from a compulsory assignment which takes place by operation of law in proceedings in. bankruptcy or

VICE-CHANCELLOR

In English law. A judge of the court of chancery, acting as assistant to the lord chancellor, and holding a separate court, from whose judgment an appeal lay to the chancellor. 3

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