To impair; to make void or voidable; to cause to fail of force or effect; to destroy or annul, either entirely or in part, the legal efficacy and binding force of an act or instrument; as wben it is said that fraud vitiates a contract
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To litigate cavilously, vexatlously, or from merely quarrelsome motives
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L. Fr. The neighborhood; vlc-lnage; venue. Ex parte McNeeley, 36 W. Va. 84, 14 S. E 436, 15 L. It. A. 226, 32 Am. St Rep. 831; State v. Kemp, 34 Minn. 61, 24 N. W. 349
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Lat. In old Engllsh practice. View; inspection, either of a place or per-son
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An inspector of the government of corporations, or bodies politic. 1 Bl. Comm. 482
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The regard-er*s office in the forest. Manw. i. 195
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Inspection; superintend-ence; direction; regulation. A power giv-en hy law to the founders of ail eleemosy
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In English law. Books compiled by the heralds, when prog-resses were solemnly and regularly made Into every part of the kingdom, to Inquire into the state of families, and to register such marriages and descents as were verified to them upon oath; they were allowed to be good evidence of pedigree. 3 Bl. Comm. 106; 8 Steph. Comm. 724
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An indorsement made on a passport by the proper authorities, denoting that it has been examined, and that the person who bears it is permitted to proceed on his Journey, webster
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In international law. The right of visit or visitation is the right of a cruiser or war-ship to stop a vessel sailing under another flag on the high seas, and send an officer to such vessel to ascertain whether her nationality is what it purports to be. It is exercisable only wben suspicious circumstances attend the vessel to be visited; as when she is suspected of a piratical char-acter
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An official indorsement upon a document, passport, commercial book, etc., to certify that it has been examined and found correct or in due form
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A decree of English nobil-ity, next below that of earl
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Lat By virtue whereof. This was the clause in a pleading justifying an entry upon land, by which the party alleged that it was in virtue of an order from one entitled that he entered, wharton
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Lat. By virtue of his office. By the authority vested in him as the incumbent of the particular office
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The privy members of a man, to cut off which was felony by the common law, though the party consented to it Bract. 1. 3, 144; Cowell
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The phrase “by virtue” differs in meaning from "under color.” For instance, the proper fees are received bg virtue of the office; extortion is under color of the office. Any rightful act in office is by virtue of the office. A wrongful act in office may be nnder color of the office. Phil. Law, 380
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A writ for choice of a verderer in the forest. ' Reg. orig. 177
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A specles of copyholder, who holds by the vlrge or rod
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r VTRGATA TER-RJB.) In old Engllsh law. A yard-land; a measure of land of variable quantity, containing in some places twenty, in others twenty-four, in others thirty, and in others forty,, acres. Cowell; Co. Litt. 5a
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In old English law. The verge; the hounds of the klng’s house-hold, within which the court of the steward had jurisdiction. Crabb, Eng. Law, 185
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Lat. (The plural of “ris.”) Powers; forces; capabilities; natural powers; powers granted or limlted. See Ultra Vires
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In old English law. A rod or staff; a rod or ensign of office. Cowell
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Characterized or caused by violence; severe; assailing the person (and
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