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VOTUM

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Lat. A vow or promise. Dies votorum, the wedding day. Fleta 1. 1, c. 4. … [Read more...]

VOLUNTARY PETITION

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The petition of a debtor in Bankruptcy Court requesting of the court to declare the debtor insolvent and offer protection from creditors in bankruptcy. … [Read more...]

VOUCH

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To certify, confirm that something or someone is bona fide or qualified. To call upon; to call in to warranty ; to call upon the grantor or warrantor to defend the title to an estate. To vouch is to call upon, rely on, or quote as an authority. Thus, in the old writers, to vouch a case or report is to quote it as an authority. … [Read more...]

VOLUNTARY SALE

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contracts. One made freely, without constraint, by the owner of the thing. … [Read more...]

VOUCHEE

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In common recoveries, the person who is called to warrant or defend the title is called the "vouchee." Common vouchee. In common recoveries, the person who is vouched to warranty. In this fictitious proceeding the crier of the court usually performs the office of a common vouchee. … [Read more...]

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