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Uncertainty. 2. Certainty is required in contracts, wills, pleadings, judgments, and indeed in all the acts on which courts have to give a judgment, ana if they be vague, so as not to be understood, they are in general invalid. A charge of frequent intemperance and habitual indolence are vague and too general. … [Read more...] about VAGUENESS

That which has worth or monetary value. … [Read more...] about VALUABLE

Latin: The vacant possession, ie: free and unburdened possession, which (eg) a vendor had and has to give to a purchaser of lands. … [Read more...] about VACUA POSSESSIO

Latin: In the civil law. Empty; void; vacant; unoccupied. Calvin. … [Read more...] about VACUUS

A place which is empty. The term is principally applied to cases where an office is not filled. 2. By the constitution of the United States, the president has the power to fill up vacancies that may happen during the recess of the senate. Whether the president can create an office and fill it during the recess of the senate, seems to have been much questioned. … [Read more...] about VACANCY