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VACATURA

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An avoidance of an ecclesiastical benefice. Cowell. … [Read more...]

VAGRANT

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Generally by the word vagrant is understood a person who lives idly without any settled home; but this definition is much enlarged by some statutes, and it includes those who refuse to work, or go about begging. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition A wandering, idle person; a strolling or sturdy beggar. A general term, including, in English law, the seyeral classes of … [Read more...]

VACCARIA

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old Engl. law. A word which is derived from vacca, a cow, and signifies a dairy-house. … [Read more...]

VAGUE

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Ambiguous, unclear. … [Read more...]

VACCINATION

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Inoculation with vaccine or the virus of cowpox as a preventive against the smallpox; frequently made compulsory by statute. See Daniel v. Putnam County, 118 Ga. 570, 38 S. E. 980, 64 L. R. A, 292. … [Read more...]

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