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(Latin) In the civil law. An inclosed place, where live wild animals are kept Calvin; Spelman … [Read more...] about VIVARIUM

A contract which may be voided by one party at its option. … [Read more...] about VOIDABLE CONTRACT

place where living things are kept; as a park, on land; or in the water, as a pond. … [Read more...] about VIVARY

The act of emptying; ejection from a benefice. … [Read more...] about VOIDANCE

or living pledge, contracts. When a man borrows a sum of money (suppose two hundred dollars) of another, and grants him an estate, as of twenty dollars per annum, to hold till the rents and profits shall repay the sum so borrowed. 2. This is an estate conditioned to be void as soon as such sum is raised. And in this case the land or pledge is said to be living; it subsists, and … [Read more...] about VIVUM VADIUM