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VOLUNTARY ESCAPE

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The giving to a prisoner voluntarily, any liberty not authorized by law. … [Read more...]

VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS

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In the houses of parliament the clerks at the tables make brief entries of all that is actually done; and these minutes, which are printed from day to day for the use of members, are called the "votes and proceedings of parliament." From these votes and proceedings the journals of the house are subsequently prepared, by making the entries at greater length. Brown. … [Read more...]

VOLUNTARY JURISDICTION

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In the ecclesiastical law, jurisdiction is either contentious jurisdiction, or voluntary jurisdiction. By the latter term is understood that kind of jurisdiction which requires no judicial proceedings, as, the granting letters of administration and receiving the probate of wills. … [Read more...]

VOTING RIGHT

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The right of a person or party to vote in an election. … [Read more...]

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