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vagrant
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noun
  1. A person without a home or job.
  2. A wanderer.
Every morning before work, I see that poor around the neighborhood begging for food.
  1. (ornithology) A bird found outside it species' usual range.
venireman
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noun (veniremen)
  1. A potential juror summoned for duty.
verdict
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noun
  1. A decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.
  2. An opinion or judgement.
verification
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noun (plural verifications)
  1. The act of verifying
  2. the state of being verified;
  3. confirmation; authentication.
    • The detective needed of your whereabouts last night.
      1. (legal) Confirmation by evidence.
    • A formal phrase used in concluding a plea.
      1. (mathematics) Verification of an equation
    • the operation of testing the equation of a problem, to see whether it truly expresses the conditions of the problem.
vexatious
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adjective
  1. Causing vexation, annoyance, trouble, or the like; teasing; annoying; troublesome.
  2. Full of trouble or disquiet; harassed; distressed; annoyed; vexed.
He leads a vexatious life. --Sir K. Digby.
vindicate
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verb (vindicates, vindicating, vindicated)
  1. To clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism.
to someone's honor
  1. To justify by providing evidence.
to a right, claim or title
  1. To maintain or defend a cause against opposition.
to the rights of labor movement in developing countries
  1. To provide justification for.
The violent history of the suspect vindicated the use of force by the police.
  1. To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.
  2. (obsolete) To liberate; to set free; to deliver.
  3. (obsolete) To avenge; to punish
A war to infidelity.
violate
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verb (violat, ing)
  1. to break, disregard, disagree or not act according to (rules, conventions, etc.)
Visitation
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noun
  1. (Roman Catholic Church) the visit of the Virgin Mary to her cousin Elizabeth; the commemoration of this on 31st May
void
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noun
  1. An empty space; a vacuum.
Nobody had crossed the since one man died trying three hundred years ago; it's high time we had another go.
verb (transitive)
  1. To make invalid or worthless.
He voided the check and returned it.
  1. (medicine) To empty.
one"s bowels
adjective
  1. Having lost all legal validity
null and void
voidable
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adjective
  1. that may be voided, rescinded or annulled
  2. that may be avoided; avoidable
voir dire
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noun
  1. (context, law) The preliminary phase of a jury trial in which the jurors are examined and selected.
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