void — 1 / vȯid/ adj 1: of no force or effect under law a void marriage 2: voidable void·ness n void 2 vt: to make or declar … Law dictionary
process — A series of actions, motions, or occurrences; progressive act or transaction; continuous operation; method, mode or operation, whereby a result or effect is produced; normal or actual course of procedure; regular proceeding, as, the process of… … Black's law dictionary
void for vagueness — adj. Describes a statute so obscure, difficult to understand, or unclear that it is impossible for ordinarily intelligent people to agree on a meaning, and so it must be void. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of… … Law dictionary
void for vagueness doctrine — A doctrine derived from the Due Process Clauses of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution that requires criminal laws to be drafted in language that is clear enough for the average person to comprehend. Dictionary from West… … Law dictionary
Void for vagueness — is a legal concept in American constitutional law, whereby a civil statute or, more commonly, a criminal statute is adjudged unconstitutional when it is so vague that persons of common intelligence must necessarily guess at its meaning and differ … Wikipedia
void–for–vagueness doctrine — n: a doctrine requiring that a penal statute define a criminal offense with sufficient definiteness that ordinary people can understand what conduct is prohibited and in a manner that does not encourage arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement ◇… … Law dictionary
void|ance — «VOY duhns», noun. 1. the act or process of emptying out the contents of something. 2. the act of making legally void; invalidation; annulment. 3. a) removal from a benefice. b) a vacancy, especially of an ecclesiastical office … Useful english dictionary
void — Null; ineffectual; nugatory; having no legal force or binding effect; unable, in law, to support the purpose for which it was intended. Hardison v. Gledhill, 72 Ga.App. 432, 33 S.E.2d 921, 924. An instrument or transaction which is wholly… … Black's law dictionary
Void (astronomy) — The universe within 1 billion light years (307 Mpc) of Earth, showing local superclusters and voids … Wikipedia
irregular process — Process not conforming to law. Defective process. Sometimes the term has been defined to mean process absolutely void, and not merely erroneous and voidable, but, usually, the term has been applied to all process not issued in strict conformity… … Ballentine's law dictionary
