In old English law. Villein service. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 13, … [Read more...]

A willing statement made by a person without any coercion, such as a voluntary statement of a defendant as to what transpired and which may be incriminating. … [Read more...]

(A) accounts. An account book in which are entered the acquittances, or warrants for the accountant's discharge. It also signifies any acquittance or receipt, which is evidence of payment, or of the debtor's being discharged. See 3 Halst. 299. (B) common recoveries. The voucher in common recoveries, is the person on whom the tenant to the praecipe calls to defend the title to … [Read more...]

Willingly; done with one's consent; negligently. 2. To render an act criminal or tortious it must be voluntary. If a man, therefore, kill another without a will on his part, while engaged in the performance of a lawful act, and having taken proper care to prevent it, he is not guilty of any crime. And if he commit an injury to the person or property of another, he is not liable … [Read more...]

That which is either active or willful, in contradistinction to that which arises from mere negligence, which is called permissive waste. … [Read more...]