Voluntary
A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
Free; without compulsion or solicitation; in accordance with one's own will. Without consideration; without valuable consideration. Voluntary assignment: an assignment by a debtor in trust for the beneiit of his creditors. Voluntary conveyance: a conveyance without valuable consideration. Voluntary escape: an escape of a person from custody, by the express consent of his keeper, or in consequence of his being permitted to go at large. Voluntary manslaughter: manslaughter committed voluntarily in the heat of passion. Voluntary oath: an oath taken in some extra-judicial matter, or before some magistrate or officer who cannot compel it.to be taken. Voluntary waste: waste done by acts of commission.
In English law
Voluntary jurisdiction: a jurisdiction exercised by certain ecclesiastical courts, in matters in which thero is no opposition. In the civil law. Voluntary deposit: a deposit arising from the mere consent and agreement of parties.