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casting a ballot" in any election—whether general, primary, or special and whether federal, state, or local.

A State violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment whenever it makes the affluence of the voter or payment of any fee an electoral standard. Voter qualificati

the term “voter registration agency” means an office designated under section 1973gg–5(a)(1) of this title to perform voter registration activities. / the term "voter registra

“voter registration lists” shall mean the official records maintained by State or local election officials of persons registered to vote in either the most recent State or the most

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

resident population, 18 years of age or older.

The term “voting age population proportion” means, with respect to a State, the amount equal to the quotient of— (A) the voting age population of the State (as reported in the most

In this section, the term “voting assistance programs” means— (1) the Federal Voting Assistance Program carried out under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (

In this section, the term “voting information” means— (A) a sample version of the ballot that will be used for that election; (B) information regarding the date of the election and

In Rhode Island, upon the application of the governor, the justices gave an opinion that a statute authorizing the use of a voting machine would be constitutional. In re Voting Mac

the term “voting materials” means registration or voting notices, forms, instructions, assistance, or other materials or information relating to the electoral process, including ba

See Precinct .

the recorded 'yes' or 'no' vote on a bill, ordinance, resolution, motion, amendment, or confirmation.

The term “voting securities” means any securities which at present or upon conversion entitle the owner or holder thereof to vote for the election of directors of the issuer or, wi

The term “voting security” means any security presently entitling the owner or holder thereof to vote in the direction or management of the affairs of a person, or any security iss

A warrant holder 'does not become a stockholder, by his contract, in equity any more than at law.' His rights are wholly contractual. He does not have, and may never acquire, any l

the term “voting system” has the meaning given the term in section 301(b) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21081(b)). / In this section, the term “voting system” mea

A voting trust may be comprehensively defined as one created by an agreement between a group of the stockholders of a corporation and the trustee, or by a group of identical agreem

A vow or promise. Dies votomm, the wedding day. Fleta, 1, 4.

To testify to having signed an instrument as an attesting witness. See 1 Root (Conn.), 224. To request a warrantor to defend the title.

In common recoveries, the person who is called to warrant or defend the title is called the "vouchee." 2 Bouv. Inst, note 2093. In Accounts. An account book in which are entered th

The ordinary meaning of "voucher" is a document which shows that services have been performed or expenses incurred. It covers any acquittance or receipt discharg:ing the person or

in recoveries. The voucher in common recoveries, is the person on whom the tenant to the precipe calls to defend the title to the land, because he is supposed to have warranted the

The calling one who has warranted lands, by the party warranted, to come and defend the suit for him. Co. Litt. 101b. VOUS VEIES (VOIES, or VEITZ) BIEN coment (Law Pr. you see well

The voice of God.

Speech flies away—written letters endure.

In Scotch practice. An emphatic or essential word. 2 Alia Crim. Pr. 280.

A vessel’s journey from one place to another. See 126 Mass. 70, 30 Am. Rep. 654.

One in which there is an agreement for a defined voyage. VULGO CONCEPTI (Eat.). In Civil Law. Bastards whose father was unknown. Leg. 53, ff. de statu hominum. Those, also, whose f

In insurance law. A transit at sea from the terminus a quo to the terminus ad quem, in a prescribed course of navigation, which is never set out in any policy, but virfually forms

A policy of marine insurance effected for a particular voyage or voyages of the vessel, and not otherwise limited as to time. Wilkins v. Tobacco Ins. Co., 30 Ohio St. 339, 27 Am. R

The passage of a vessel from one port to another or to others. Voyage insured: a transit at sea from the terminus a quo to the terminus ad quem, in a prescribed course of navigatio

Seaweed. It is used in great quantities by the inhabitants of Jersey and Guernsey for manure, and also for fuel by the poorer classes.

Versus, which see.

mixing a small amount of sulphur with rubber and subjecting the mixture to heat for a period of time, during which a chemical combination of the rubber and sulphur takes place and

Lat. Common. Vulgaris opinio: common opinion; — est duplex, sc. opinio vulgaris orta inter graves et discretos, et quae vultum veritatis habet, et opinio tantum orta inter leves et

Common opinion.

4 Coke, 107. Common opiuion is of two kinds, viz., that which arises among grave and discreet men, which has much truth in it, and that which arises among light and common men, wit

VIZ., orta Inter graves et discretes, quae multum Gommon opinion is of two kinds, viz., that which arises among grave and discreet men, which has much truth in it, and that which a

Vulgar purgation, which see.

Common purgation, by ordeal, not by oath. See Ordeal ; Purgation.

Bastards.

Lat In the civll law. Spurious children; literally, gotten from the pcople; the offspring of promiscuous cohabitation, who are considered as having no father. Inst. 3, 4, 3; Id. 3,

For purposes of subparagraph (A), the terms "threat", "vulnerabilities", and "consequences to national security" shall have the meanings given those t

The term "Vulnerabilities Equities Policy and Process document" means the executive branch document entitled "Vulnerabilities Equities Policy and Process" dated

The term "Vulnerabilities Equities Process" means the interagency review of vulnerabilities, pursuant to the Vulnerabilities Equities Policy and Process document or any s

The term "vulnerability" means a weakness in an information system or its components (for example, system security procedures, hardware design, and internal controls) tha

The term “vulnerability assessment” means the process of identifying and quantifying vulnerabilities in a major system and its significant items of supply. / The term "vulnera

The term “vulnerable elder rights protection activity” means an activity funded under part A.

the term "vulnerable person" means an individual who— (A) is under 21 years of age or over 60 years of age; (B) is pregnant; (C) is victim or witness of a crime; (D) has

The term “vulnerable road user” means a nonmotorist— (A) with a fatality analysis reporting system person attribute code that is included in the definition of the term “number of n

The term “vulnerable road user safety assessment” means an assessment of the safety performance of the State with respect to vulnerable road users and the plan of the State to impr

144 Fed. 565, 75 C. C. A. 365, 6 L. R. A. (X. 8.) 421, 7 Ann. Cas. 121. Where the necessary inference from the language used in a letter was obscene, it was held iumuiteual that th