Law Dictionary

The term “virgin material” means a raw material, including previously unused copper, aluminum, lead, zinc, iron, or other metal or metal ore, any undeveloped resource that is, or w

A pure virgin.

I. I. In old English law. A verderbr.

A writ for choice of a verderer in the forest. Reg. Orig. 177. VlRILIA^(Lat.) The privy members of a man. Bracton, lib. 3, p. 144.

Tirlde, I. In old English law. Yert.

Testicles.

Capable of performing the sexual act.

Co.. Litt. 70. A man fighting for God must not be involved in secular business.

a letter written within a reasonable time before or after the date of a bill of exchange, describing it in terms not to be mistaken, and promising to accept it, is, if shown to the

The term "virtual currency" means the digital representation of value that functions as a medium of exchange, a unit of account, or a store of value.

The term "virtual currency address" means a unique public cryptographic key identifying the location to which a virtual currency payment can be made.

In this section, the term “virtual home visit” means a visit conducted solely by use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies.

schools with student enrollments 90 per cent or more one race.

Effect; tenor.

In a statute punishing who has not had illegal and sexual intercourse. A conviction is not warranted if the character of the woman for chastity and purity of heart and feelings has

(Lat.) In old English practice. The substance or tenor.

1. By virtue. Virtnte eujus: by virtue whereof. Virtntc officii: by virtue of office.

By virtue whereof. This was the clause iii a pleading justifying an entry upon land, by which the party alleged that it was in virtue of an order from one entitled \that he entered

the duty of a receiver, virtute officii, is to bring to the discharge of his trust that prudence, caution, and attention which careful men usually bring to the conduct of their own

By virtue of office.

Lat Any kind of force, violence or disturbance relating to a man's person or his property. —Vis ablativa. In the civil law. Ablative force ; force which is exerted in taking away a

In civil law. The formula put upon an act; a register; a commercial book, in order to approve of it and authenticate it. VISCOUNT (Lat. vice comes). This name was made use of as an

In the civil law. Ablative force ; force which is exerted in taking away a thing from another. Calvin.

To refuse to be bound by a former act; to declare that one will not abide by a former act

In this paragraph the term “visa overstay rate” means, with respect to a country, the ratio of— (I) the total number of nationals of that country who were admitted to the United St

In the civil and old English law. Armed force; force exerted by means of arms, weapons, or anything that can hurt or injure. ViS CLANDESTINA (Lat.) In old English law. Clandestine

An indorsement made on a passport by the proper authorities, denoting that it has been examined, and that the person who bears it is permitted to proceed on his Journey. Webster.

In old English law. Clandestine force; such as is used by night. Bract, fol. 162.

In civil and old English law. Compulsive force; that which is exerted to compel another to do an act against his will; force exerted by menaces or terror. Bracton, fol. 162. VIS DI

A decree of English nobility, next below that of earl. An old title of the sheriff.

Ab. 556; Arch. Civ. Pl. 68; 16 John. R. 108. DEPUTY ATTORNEY GE-

Same as Vis major.

Lat. A right of way over another's land.

Force and fear.

In old English law. Expulsive force; force used to expel another, or put him out of his possession. Bracton contrasts it with "vis simplex," and divides it into expulsive force wit

In the civil law. Exturbative force; force used to thrust out another. Force used between two contending claimants of possession, the one endeavoring to thrust out the other. Calvi

The force of the current.

the terms “visibility impairment” and “impairment of visibility” shall include reduction in visual range and atmospheric discoloration; and

I fr., Visiietum, I I In ■vicinity; vicinage; Tenua

Immediate or proximate force.

In old English law. Unarmed fo Vce; the opposite of "vis armata." Bracton, fol. 162.

In old English law. Wrongful force; otherwise called "illicita" (unlawful). Bracton, fol. 162.

In the civil law. Disquieting force. Calv. Lex. Bracton defines it to be where one does not permit another to use his possession quietly and in peace. Bracton, fol. 162.

RIGHT OF. In International Law. The right of a public vessel to stop and board a private vessel on the high seas for the purpose of inspecting its papers and determining its charac

The act of examining into the affairs of a corporation. The power of visitation is applicable only to ecclesiastical and eleemosynary corporations. 1 Bl. Comm. 480; 2 Kyd, Corp. 17

In international law. The right of a belligerent to board neutral private vessels on the high seas, or in the waters of either belligerent, and examine their papers and cargo. See

Compilations made out or collected by the heralds in the circuits which their commissions authorized them to make, for the purpose of inquiring into the state of families and regis

“visitation determination” means a judgment, decree, or other order of a court providing for the visitation of a child and includes permanent and temporary orders and initial order

An Inspector of the government, of corporations, or bodies politic. 1 Bl. Comm. 482. See Dane, Abr. Index; 7 Pick. (Mass.) 303; 12 Pick. (Mass.) 244.

Power to control and arrest abuses and enforce due observance of the statutes. See 61 Or. 551, Ann. Cas. 1914B, 153, 123 Pac. 712.

A custodian, by assuming the duties of his office, undertakes the obligation to produce the books of which he is custodian in response to a rightful exercise of the State's visitor

Tbe regarded office in the forest. Manw. i. 195.

As used in this section, the term “visitor service” means any service made available for a fee or charge to persons who visit a conservation system unit, including such services as

The term "visitor-use day" means a visitor-use day, user day, launch, or other metric used by the Secretary concerned for purposes of authorizing use under a special recr

In old English law. Lay force; an armed force used to hold possession of a church. Reg. Orig. 59, 60.

Force is Inimicial to the laws. 3 Inst. 176.

In old English law. Lawful force. Bracton, fol. 162. VIS MAJOR (Lat.) A superior force. In law it signifies inevitable accident. This term is used in the civil law in nearly the sa

Act of God; an event which, as between the parties and for the purpose of the matter in hand, cannot be definitely seen or controlled. See 162 Ind. 278, 102 Am. St. Rep. 203, 1 Ann

Although mere suspicion, not resting upon strong circumstances unexplained, should not be permitted to outweigh positive testimony in giving effect to a penal statute; yet it canno

The neighborhood; a neighboring place; a place near at hand; the venue. Formerly the visne was confined to the immediate neghborhood where the cause of action arose, and many verdi

Same as Vicinage.

Viewers. See View .

In old English law. Force used between parties contending for a possession.

Same as Vis impressa.

m old Biigllsh law. Simple or mere force. Distinguished by Bracton from "vis armata," and also from "vis expu Uiva." Bracton, fol. 162.

the terms “VISTA” and “Volunteers in Service to America” mean the program established under part A of subchapter I;

the term “VISTA volunteer” means a volunteer in VISTA; and

the term “visual depiction” includes undeveloped film and videotape, and data stored on a computer disk or by electronic means which is capable of conversion into a visual image, a

The term “visual image” means the following: (A) Any developed or undeveloped photograph, picture, film, or video. (B) Any digital or computer image, picture, film, or video made b

View, which see.

View of frankpledge, which see.

Life.

I fr. In old English law.

the question is not whether the third-party concern is antagonistic to or compatible with the interests of bargaining-unit employees, but whether it vitally affects the 'terms and

Public records kept by a state, city or other governmental subdivision, under a statutory provision, of births, marriages and deaths, and disease. Certificates required by statute

For life fanlt. This phrase describes the an office which is otherwise said to Id “for life or during good behavior.” It alent to gquamdiu bene se gesserit.

To impair; to make void or voidable; to cause to fail of force or effect; to destroy or annul, either entirely or in part, the legal efficacy and binding force of an act or instrum

ired within which persons are rry. They are set forth in h chapter of Leviticus.

To litigate cavilously, vexatiously or from merely quarrelsome motives.

Cavilous litigation. Obsolete. Webster.

J. In old English law. Fault; the mistake of a clerk; a clerical clerical error ought not to prejudice. or mistake of a writer, or copyist In the civil law. Vitium: fault;

See "Vicious Intromission." VITIUM CLER1CI NOCERE NON DEBET. Clerical errors ought not to prejudice. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 23; Dig. 34. 5. 8.

Vice; error.

A clerk’s error; a clerical error.

Clerical errors ought not to prejudice.

NE, si rationem non invenias, mox legem sine ratione esse dames. It is a fault which ought to be avoided, that if you cannot discover the reason, you should presently exclaim that

It is a fault which ought to be avoided, that if you cannot discover the reason, you presently exclaim that the law is without reason.

Ellesm. Post. N. 86-It is a fault which ought to be avoided, that lf you cannot discover the reason you shonid presently exclaim that the law is without reason.

In old English law. The fault or mistake of a writer or copyist; a clerical error. Gilb. For. Rom. 185.

Lat In the civil law. A step-father; a mother's second husband. Calvin.

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. Se

Lat Cattle, which obtained this name from being received during the Saxon period as money upon most occasions, at certain regulated prices. CowelL

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. 20. In Old English Law. A pl

A place where living things are kept: as, a park on land; or, in the water, as a pond.

Orally; by acclamation.

I. The living voice; oral word of mouth. In old English law. A living witness, offered in evidence.

vive voys, I. fr. In old testimony of a witness.

It is permitted in England only upon license from the Home Office, and in some cases the place must be registered. The experiments must be performed with the object of advancing kn

/. I. In old English in which the rents and profits payment of the debt

See Vadium vivum .