1.A bad act, immoral act, bad habit, prurient interest. 2. A term used in the civil law and in Louisiana, by which is meant a defect in a thing; an imperfection. For example, epilepsy in a slave, roaring and crib-biting in a horse, are vices. Redhibitory vices are those for which the seller will be compelled to annul a sale, and take back the thing sold.
Law Dictionary – Alternative Legal Definition
(A) A fault, defect, or imperfection. In the civil law, redhibitory vices are such faults or imperfections in the subject matter of a sale as will give the purchaser the right to return the article and demand back the price. (B) Latin: In the place or stead. Vice mea, in my place. Vice-admiral. An officer in the (English) navy next in rank after the admiral. Vice-admiralty courts. In English law. Courts established in the king’s possessions beyond the seas, with jurisdiction over maritime causes, including those relating to prize. Vice-chamberlain. A great officer under the lord chamberlain, who, in the absence of the lord chamberlain, has the control and command of the officers appertaining to that part of the royal household which is called the “chamber.” Cowell. See CHANCELLOR. Vice-comes. A title formerly bestowed on the sheriff of a county, when he was regarded as the deputy of the count or earl. Co. Litt. 168. Viee-comitissa. In old English law. A viscountess. Spelman. Vice commercial agent. In the consular service of the United States, this is the title of a consular officer who is substituted temporarily to fill the place of a commercial agent when the latter is absent or relieved from duty. Vice-constable of England. An ancient officer in the time of Edward IV. Vice consul. In the consular service of the United States this term denotes a consular officer who is substituted temporarily to fill the place of a consul who is absent or relieved from duty. In international law generally the term derismates a commercial agent who acts In the place or stead of a consul or who has charge of a portion of his territory. In old English law. it meant the deputy or substitute of an earl (comet), who was anciently called “consul,” answering to the more modern “ricc-comr