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Virilia
ViriliaThe privy members of a man. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Privy One who is a partaker, or has an interest in any action, matter or thing. Members English law. Places where a custom-house has been kept of old time, with officers or deputies in attendance; and they are lawful places of exportation or importation. Man A human being. This definition includes not only the adult male sex of the human species, but women and children; examples: "of offences against man, some are more immediately against the king, other's more immediately against the subject." Hawk. P. C. book 1, c. 2, s. 1. Offences against the life of man come under the general name of homicide, which in our law signifies the killing of a man by a man. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Violence The abuse of force. Theorie des Lois Criminelles. That force which is employed against common right, against the laws, and against public liberty Violent profits Scotch law. The gains made by a tenant holding over, are so called Violently Pleading. This word was formerly supposed to be necessary in an indictment, in order to charge a robbery from the person, but it has been holden unnecessary. Vir Latin: man or husband. Vir et uxor censentur in lege una persona is an old (and long abandoned in most countries) legal principle meaning that man and wife are considered to be one person in law. Virga An obsolete word, which signifies a rod or staff, such as sheriffs, bailiffs, and constables carry, as a badge or ensign of their office. Virilia Virtute officii By virtue of his office. A sheriff, a constable, and some other officers may, virtute officii, apprehend a man who has been guilty of a crime in their presence. Virus In computer operations, a program that is deliberately released to a system with the ability to replicate itself and spread by attaching unauthorized data to files. Viruses can be benign, just taking up disk storage space, or they may be vicious and actually destroy data or deny authorized access. Vis An abbreviation of the Latin word videlicet. Short for "namely" or "that is to say." Vis impressa Immediate force; original force. This phrase is applied to cases of trespass when a question arises whether an injury has been caused by a direct force, or one which is indirect. When the original force, or vis impressa, had ceased to act before the injury commenced, then there is no force, the effect is mediate, and the proper remedy is trespass on the case. Vis major A superior force. In law it signifies inevitable accident. We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Virilia. If you have a better definition for Virilia than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Virilia may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Virilia and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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