To impair; to make void or voidable; to cause to fail of force or effect; to destroy or annul, either entirely or in part, the legal efficacy and binding force of an

To litigate cavilously, vexatiously, or from merely quarrelsome motives.

In Scotch law. An unwarrantable intermeddling with the movable estate of a person deceased, without the order of law. Ersk. Prin. b. 3, tit 9,

In old English law. The mistake of a clerk; a clerical error.. Vitium clerici nocere non debet. Jenk. Cent 23. A clerical error ought not to hurt Vitium est quod fugi debet,

In old English law. The fault or mistake of a writer or copyist; a clerical error. Gilb. Forum Rom. 185.

Lat In the civil law. A step-father; a mother’s second husband. Calvin.

Lat. In the civil law. Living water; running water; that which issues from a spring or fountain. Calvin.

Lat Cattle, which obtained this name from being received during the Saxon period as money upon most occasions, at certain regulated prices. Cowell.

I.at. With the living voice; by word of mouth. As applied to the examination of witnesses, this phrase is equivalent to “orally.” It is used in contra- distinction to evidence on affidavits

Lat In the civil law. An inclosed place, where live wild animals are kept Calvin; Spelman.

In English law. A place for keeping wild animals alive, including fishes; a fish pond, park, or warren.

See VADIUM. Vix ulla lex fieri potest quae omnibus commoda sit, sed si majori parti prospi- ciat, utilis est. Scarcely any law can be made which is adapted to all, but, if

A contraction for videlicet, to-wit namely, that is to say.

Lat Words of art; technical terms. YOCABULA ARTIUM 1212 VOLUNTARY Vocabula artium explicanda sunt secundum definitiones prudentum. Terms of arts are to be explained according to tbe definitions of the learned or

In feudal law. To summon to court Feud. Lib. 2, tit. 22.

Lat. A summoning to court. In the earlier practice of the Roman law, (under the iegis actiones,) the creditor orally called upon his debtor to go with him before the praitor for

Lat. In old English law. Outcry; hue aud cry. Cowell.

Lat. In the civil and old English law. I call; I summon; I vouch. In jus voco tc, I summon you to court; I summon you before the pnetor. The formula by

Null; ineffectual; nugatory; having no legal force or binding effect; unable, in law, to support the purpose for which it was intended. “Void” does not always imply entire nullity; but it is,

L. Fr. 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