Viva Aqua
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In the civil law. Living water; running water; that which issues from a spring or fountain (quae fonte exit). Calv. Lex. VIVA PECUNIA (Law Lat.) In old English law. Live cattle. See "Pecunia." VIVA VOCE (Lat. with the living voice).
Verbally.
It is said a witness delivers his evidence viva voce when he does so in open court. The term is opposed to "deposition." It is sometimes opposed to "ballot;" as, the people vote by ballot, but their representatives in the legislature vote viva voce. VIVA VOX (Lat.) The living voice; oral utterance, as distinguished from written words. Hence the common phrase, viva voce, by word of mouth.