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Vacatur
Latin: to set aside a judgment.
Expanded Legal Definition of Vacatur

Vagrancy
A criminal offence of being intentionally unemployed and thereby neglecting to maintain himself or his family.
Expanded Legal Definition of Vagrancy

Vagrant
A tramp or homeless person.
Expanded Legal Definition of Vagrant

Valeat Quantum Valere Potest
Latin: it shall have effect as far as it can have effect.
Expanded Legal Definition of Valeat Quantum Valere Potest

Valuation
An expert's assessment, appraisal or opinion as to the market value of an item of property.
Expanded Legal Definition of Valuation

Vana Est Illa Potentia Quae Nunquam Venit In Actum
Latin: power is vain if never put into action.
Expanded Legal Definition of Vana Est Illa Potentia Quae Nunquam Venit In Actum

Vehicle
Any thing that is designed to transport persons or objects.
Expanded Legal Definition of Vehicle

Venditio
Latin: a sale.
Expanded Legal Definition of Venditio

Venditio Bonorum
Latin: sale of goods.
Expanded Legal Definition of Venditio Bonorum

Vendor
The seller; the person selling.
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Venue
Location or proposed district of a judicial hearing.
Expanded Legal Definition of Venue

Verba Fortius Accipiuntur Contra Proferentem
Latin: a contract is interpreted against the person who wrote it.
Expanded Legal Definition of Verba Fortius Accipiuntur Contra Proferentem

Verdict
The decision of a jury.
Expanded Legal Definition of Verdict

Vessel
Watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water.
Expanded Legal Definition of Vessel

Vexatious Action
Litigation undertaken to annoy or oppress.
Expanded Legal Definition of Vexatious Action

Vicarious Liability
Liability for the tort of another even though the person being held responsible may not have done anything wrong.
Expanded Legal Definition of Vicarious Liability

Videlicet
Latin: to wit or that is to say.
Expanded Legal Definition of Videlicet

Vigilantibus Et Non Dormientibus Jura Subveniunt
Latin: the law assists those that are vigilant with their rights, and not those that sleep thereupon.
Expanded Legal Definition of Vigilantibus Et Non Dormientibus Jura Subveniunt

Vinculum Juris
Latin: a legal bound.
Expanded Legal Definition of Vinculum Juris

Vir
Latin: man or husband.
Expanded Legal Definition of Vir

Viva Voce
Latin: by voice.
Expanded Legal Definition of Viva Voce

Viz
Abbreviation of the Latin word videlicet.
Expanded Legal Definition of Viz

Voidable
A legal entitlement, such as a contract, that is extinguishable at the option of a party.
Expanded Legal Definition of Voidable

Void or Void Ab Initio
Not legally binding. A document that is void is useless and worthless; as if it did not exist.
Expanded Legal Definition of Void or Void Ab Initio

Voir Dire
A mini-hearing held during a trial on the admissibility of contested evidence.
Expanded Legal Definition of Voir Dire

Volenti Non Fit Injuria
Latin: to one who is willing, no harm is done.
Expanded Legal Definition of Volenti Non Fit Injuria

Voluntary Disclosure
A tax amnesty program whereby a delinquent taxpayer discloses information not previously reported to a tax agency, and by doing so voluntarily, avoids liability to penalty or prosecution normally associated with prior non-disclosure.
Expanded Legal Definition of Voluntary Disclosure

Voyage
In maritime law, the time of a ship's transit from one place to another.
Expanded Legal Definition of Voyage

Voyeurism
The secret viewing of another person in a place where that person would have a reasonable expectation of privacy, for the purposes of the viewer's sexual arousal
Expanded Legal Definition of Voyeurism

  

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