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VOCATIO IN JUS

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

VOCIFERATIO

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

VOCO

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

VOID

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,

VOIR DIRE

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

VOITURE

Fr. Carriage; transportation by carriage.

VOLENS

Lat. Willing. He is said to be willing who either expressly consents or tacitly makes no opposition. Calvin. Volenti non fit injuria. He who Consents cannot receive au injury. Broom, Max. 268,

VOLUMUS

Lat. We will; it is our will. The first word of a clause in the royal writs of protection and letters patent. Cowell.

VOLUNTARIUS DjEMON

A voluntary madman. A term applied by Lord Coke to a drunkard, who has voluntarily contracted madness by intoxication. Co. Litt 247; 4 Bl. Comm. 25.

VOLUNTARY

Free; without compulsion or solicitation. Without consideration; without valuable consideration; gratuitous.

VOLUNTAS

Lat Properly, volition, purpose, or intention, or a design or the feeling or impulse which prompts the commission of an act; but in old English law the term was often used to

VOLUNTEER

In conveyancing, one who holds a title under a voluntary conveyance, i. e., one made without consideration, good or valuable, to support it. A person who gives his services without any express

VOTE

Suffrage; the expression of his will, preference, or choice, formally mani- fested by a member of a legislative or deliberative body, or of a constituency or a body of qualified electors, in

VOTER

One who has the right of giving his voice or suffrage.

VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS

In the houses of parliament the clerks at the tables make brief entries of all that is actually done; aud these minutes, which are printed from day to day for the use

VOTUM

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

VOUCH

To call upon; to call in to warranty ; to call upon the grantor or warrantor to defend the title to an estate. To vouch is to call upon, rely on, or

VOUCHEE

In common recoveries, tlie person who is called to warrant or defend the title is called the “vouchee.” 2 Bouv. Inst, no. 2093.

N VOUCHER

A receipt, acquittance, or release, which may serve as evidence of pay- ment or discharge of a debt, or to certify the correctness of accounts. An account- book containing the acquittances or

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