VACATIO

Latin: In the civil law. Exemption; immunity; privilege; dispensation; exemption from the burden of office. Calvin. … [Read more...] about VACATIO

When a judgment is canceled, rescinded or set aside and removed from the record. … [Read more...] about VACATING A JUDGMENT

To annul, to render an act void; as to vacate an entry which has been made on a record when the court has been imposed upon by fraud, or taken by surprise. To annul; to cancel or rescind ; to render an act void; as, to vacate an entry of record, or a judgment. … [Read more...] about VACATE

Latin: In the civil law. Goods without an owner, or in which no one claims a property; escheated goods. Inst. 2, 6, 4; 1 Bl. Comm. 298. … [Read more...] about VACANTIA BONA

An inheritance for which the heirs are unknown. See SUCCESSION. … [Read more...] about VACANT SUCCESSION