TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
contracts, practice. That which has no force or effect. 2. Contracts, bequests or legal proceedings may be void; these will be severally considered. 3. 1. The invalidity of a contract may arise from many causes. 1. When the parties have no capacity to contract; as in the case of idiots, lunatics, and in some states, under their local regulations, habitual drunkards. 4. 2. When … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
Latin, void from the beginning. Never legitimate or valid. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
Latin: In the civil law. Living water; running water; that which issues from a spring or fountain. Calvin. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
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...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
(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...]