VOID

contracts, practice. That which has no force or effect. 2. Contracts, bequests or legal proceedings may be void; these will be severally considered. 3. 1. The invalidity of a contract may arise from many causes. 1. When the parties have no capacity to contract; as in the case of idiots, lunatics, and in some states, under their local regulations, habitual drunkards. 4. 2. When … [Read more...] about VOID

(Latin) In the civil and old English law. I call; I summon; I vouch. In jus voco te, I summon you to court; I summon you before the praetor. The formula by which a Roman action was anciently commenced. Adams, Rom. Ant. 242. … [Read more...] about VOCO

(Latin) In old English law. Outcry; hue and cry. Cowell. … [Read more...] about VOCIFERATIO

Lat. A summoning to court. In the earlier practice of the Roman law, (under the legis actiones,) the creditor orally called upon his debtor to go with him before the pnetor for the purpose of determining their controversy, saying, "In jus camus; in jus te voco." This was called "vocatio in jus." … [Read more...] about VOCATTO IN JUS

Relating to an occupation or employment. … [Read more...] about VOCATIONAL