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Vitiate

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Anderson (1889)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

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 instrument; as when it is said that fraud vitiates a contract.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

See Fraud; Usus, Utile, etc., VIVA VOCE. L. With living voice; by word of mouth; by spoken word; verbally; orally: as, testimony given viva voce in court; to vote viva voce.