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VOID AB INITIO

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Latin, void from the beginning. Never legitimate or valid. … [Read more...]

VIVA AQUA

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Latin: In the civil law. Living water; running water; that which issues from a spring or fountain. Calvin. … [Read more...]

VOID FOR VAGUENESS

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A statute that is so unclear or vague that the average person could not reasonably understand or appreciate its meaning and application makes the statute void on its face. A criminal statute that is vague is unconstitutional since one cannot adhere to the requirements of a law that one could not reasonably understand. … [Read more...]

VIVA PECUNIA

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(Latin) Cattle, which obtained this name from being received during the Saxon period as money upon most occasions, at certain regulated prices. Cowell. … [Read more...]

VOID ON ITS FACE

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A document, statute or other item which is so clearly erroneous or unconstitutional that it is clear that it must not be valid and is void. … [Read more...]

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