Also known as: viri · husband
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A Latin term denoting an adult male or husband, employed in traditional legal maxims and phrases such as vir et uxor to identify the male spouse in marital relations.
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Viktor Voronin and Vanessa Vinson receive a deed granting land to them and their future children as joint tenants. The conveyance satisfies the requirement that the grantees are or might become husband and wife with their issue. Title vests in the couple under the permitted form of concurrent ownership.
Victor Vargas tells his wife Violet Vang in private about business dealings. Prosecutors later seek to compel Violet to disclose the statements. The court recognizes the presumption of confidentiality and places the burden on the government to overcome it before any disclosure occurs.
Virgil Vaughn, unmarried, has intercourse with Veronica Varela without her consent. The act meets the definition of rape because Virgil is not the woman's husband and lacks effective consent. Penetration alone completes the offense under the common law standard.
Viktor Voronin negligently damages Vanessa Vinson's separate property during a shared project. Vanessa sues Viktor for the resulting loss. The marital relationship alone supplies no immunity, allowing the tort claim to proceed on ordinary negligence principles.
Victor Vargas and Violet Vang seek dissolution of their marriage in a court lacking personal jurisdiction over one spouse. The court apportions all property and assets between them without regard to misconduct. Factors such as duration of marriage, contributions, and future needs guide the final division.
Virgil Vaughn and Veronica Varela receive a conveyance of land to them as husband and wife together with their designated issue. The grant creates a tenancy by the entirety because the state permits that form of ownership for such grantees. The estate vests with the required survivorship rights.
It denotes an adult male or, more specifically in maxims, the husband in marital relations such as vir et uxor.
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The term identifies the male spouse whose confidential statements receive protection from compelled disclosure under the marital communications privilege.
Yes. The offense requires that the actor not be the woman's husband, so the absence of the vir relationship is an essential element.
…North Carolina, for example, N. C. Gen. Stat. § 14-45.1 (Supp. 1971), requires written permission for the abortion from the husband when the woman is a married minor, that is, when she is less than 18 years of age, 41 N. C. A. G. 489 (1971); if the woman is an unmarried minor, written permission from the parents is…