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Voluntary
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VoluntaryWillingly; done with one's consent; negligently.
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Consent
Agreement; voluntary acceptance of the wish of another.
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Voluntary bankruptcy
A proceeding by which a debtor voluntarily asks for a discharge of his debts under the Bankruptcy Code.
Voluntary departure
The departure of an alien from the United States without an order of removal. The departure may or may not have been preceded by a hearing before an immigration judge. An alien allowed to voluntarily depart concedes removability but does not have a bar to seeking admission at a port-of-entry at any time. Failure to depart within the time granted results in a fine and a ten-year bar to several forms of relief from deportation.
Voluntary deposit
Civil law. One which is made by the mere consent or agreement of the parties.
Voluntary escape
The giving to a prisoner voluntarily, any liberty not authorized by law.
Voluntary jurisdiction
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.
Voluntary nonsuit
Practice. The abandonment of his cause by a plaintiff, and an agreement that a judgment for costs be entered against him.
Voluntary sale
Contracts. One made freely, without constraint, by the owner of the thing and old.
Voluntary waste
That which is either active or wilful, in contradistinction to that which arises from mere negligence, which is called permissive waste.
Volunteers
"1) Contracts. Persons who receive a voluntary conveyance 2) Army. Persons who in time of war offer their services to their country and march in its defence.
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Voidable
The law distinguishes between contracts which are void and those which are voidable. Some contracts have such a latent defect that they are said to be void (see definition of "void" above). Other have more minor defects to them and are voidable at the option of the party victimized by the defect. For example, contracts signed by a person when they are totally drunk are voidable by that person upon recovering sobriety.
Voids
In cashiering, ringing a "Void" to cancel a previous sale. Excessive voids may be a sign of theft.
Voir dire
A mini-hearing held during a trial on the admissibility of contested evidence. For example, a defendant may object to a plaintiff's witness. The court would suspend the trial, immediately preside over a hearing on the standing of the proposed witness, and then resume the trial with or without the witness, or with any restrictions placed on the testimony by the judge as a result of the voir dire ruling. In a jury trial, the jury would be excused during the voir dire.
Volens
(United Kingdom) Willing.
Volenti non fit injuria
Voluntary assumption of risk. A defence in tort that means where a person engages in an event accepting and aware of the risks inherent in that event, then they can not later complain of, or seek compensation for an injury suffered during the event. This is used most often to defend against tort actions as a result of a sports injury.
Voluntary
Voluntary bankruptcy
A proceeding by which a debtor voluntarily asks for a discharge of his debts under the Bankruptcy Code.
Voluntary departure
The departure of an alien from the United States without an order of removal. The departure may or may not have been preceded by a hearing before an immigration judge. An alien allowed to voluntarily depart concedes removability but does not have a bar to seeking admission at a port-of-entry at any time. Failure to depart within the time granted results in a fine and a ten-year bar to several forms of relief from deportation.
Voluntary deposit
Civil law. One which is made by the mere consent or agreement of the parties.
Voluntary escape
The giving to a prisoner voluntarily, any liberty not authorized by law.
Voluntary jurisdiction
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.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Consent
Agreement; voluntary acceptance of the wish of another.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Voluntary bankruptcy
A proceeding by which a debtor voluntarily asks for a discharge of his debts under the Bankruptcy Code.
Voluntary departure
The departure of an alien from the United States without an order of removal. The departure may or may not have been preceded by a hearing before an immigration judge. An alien allowed to voluntarily depart concedes removability but does not have a bar to seeking admission at a port-of-entry at any time. Failure to depart within the time granted results in a fine and a ten-year bar to several forms of relief from deportation.
Voluntary deposit
Civil law. One which is made by the mere consent or agreement of the parties.
Voluntary escape
The giving to a prisoner voluntarily, any liberty not authorized by law.
Voluntary jurisdiction
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.
Voluntary nonsuit
Practice. The abandonment of his cause by a plaintiff, and an agreement that a judgment for costs be entered against him.
Voluntary sale
Contracts. One made freely, without constraint, by the owner of the thing and old.
Voluntary waste
That which is either active or wilful, in contradistinction to that which arises from mere negligence, which is called permissive waste.
Volunteers
"1) Contracts. Persons who receive a voluntary conveyance 2) Army. Persons who in time of war offer their services to their country and march in its defence.
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Voidable
The law distinguishes between contracts which are void and those which are voidable. Some contracts have such a latent defect that they are said to be void (see definition of "void" above). Other have more minor defects to them and are voidable at the option of the party victimized by the defect. For example, contracts signed by a person when they are totally drunk are voidable by that person upon recovering sobriety.
Voids
In cashiering, ringing a "Void" to cancel a previous sale. Excessive voids may be a sign of theft.
Voir dire
A mini-hearing held during a trial on the admissibility of contested evidence. For example, a defendant may object to a plaintiff's witness. The court would suspend the trial, immediately preside over a hearing on the standing of the proposed witness, and then resume the trial with or without the witness, or with any restrictions placed on the testimony by the judge as a result of the voir dire ruling. In a jury trial, the jury would be excused during the voir dire.
Volens
(United Kingdom) Willing.
Volenti non fit injuria
Voluntary assumption of risk. A defence in tort that means where a person engages in an event accepting and aware of the risks inherent in that event, then they can not later complain of, or seek compensation for an injury suffered during the event. This is used most often to defend against tort actions as a result of a sports injury.
Voluntary
Voluntary bankruptcy
A proceeding by which a debtor voluntarily asks for a discharge of his debts under the Bankruptcy Code.
Voluntary departure
The departure of an alien from the United States without an order of removal. The departure may or may not have been preceded by a hearing before an immigration judge. An alien allowed to voluntarily depart concedes removability but does not have a bar to seeking admission at a port-of-entry at any time. Failure to depart within the time granted results in a fine and a ten-year bar to several forms of relief from deportation.
Voluntary deposit
Civil law. One which is made by the mere consent or agreement of the parties.
Voluntary escape
The giving to a prisoner voluntarily, any liberty not authorized by law.
Voluntary jurisdiction
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.
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