Vivarium

or VIVARY (Lat. from vivus, alive). In the Civil Law. An inclosed place, where live wild animals are kept. Calv. Lex.; Spelman; A. Gell. Noct. Att. ii.

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In Old English Law. A place in land or water where living things are kept; a vivary. Most commonly in law it signifies a park, warren, or fishery. In the statute of Merton (c. 11) it is taken for a warren and fishery.

2 Inst. 100; Fleta, lib. 2, c. 41, §2.

VIX (Lat.) Scarcely; hardly; rarely. - VIX ULLA LEX FIERI POTEST QUAE omnibus commoda sit, sed si major! parti, prospiciat, utilis est. Scarcely any law can be made which is beneficial to all; but if it benefit the majority, it is useful.

Plowd. 369.

VOCABULA ARTIS (Lat.) Words of art; "vocables" of art; technical terms.

Co. Litt. pref.; 5 Coke, 121b.

VOCABULA ARTIUM EXPLICANDA sunt secundum definitiones prudentium. Terms of art should be explained according to the definitions of those who are most experienced in that art. Puffendorff, de Off. Horn. lib.

1, c. 17, §3; Grotius de Jure Belli, lib. 2, c. 16, § 3.