Legal Definition and Related Resources of Vice

Meaning of Vice

A defect, a fault. Also, one who is nest to a superior office as in the term vice- president, vice-chancellor.

Vice Alternative Definition

(Lat.; ablative of vicis, place). In the place or stead. Vice mea, in my place. Used in the composition of words denoting a delegated or depnted authority. A term used in the civil law and in Louisiana, by which is meant a defect in a thing; an imperfection. For example, epilepsy in a slave, roaring and crib biting in a horse, are vices. Rfedhibitory vices are those for which the seller will be compelled to annul a sale and take back the thing sold. Poth. Vente, 203; Civ. Code La. arts. 2498-2507.

Synonyms of Vice

noun

atrocity
bad habit
blemish
corruption
debauchery
defect
deficiency
degeneracy
delinquency
depravation
depravity
dereliction
dissipation
dissoluteness
evil
excess
failing
failure
fault
flaw
foible
fraility
immoral habit
immorality
imperfection
impurity
inadequacy
incontinence
indecency
indulgence
infamy
infirmity
iniquity
lack
lewdness
libertinism
licentiousness
looseness
mar
maleficence
malignance
misconduct
misdeed
obliquity
outrage
perversion
profligacy
shortcoming
sin
sinfulness
transgression
turpitude
unchastity
vileness
wantonness
weak point
weakness
wickedness
wrong
wrongdoing

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Concept of “Vice”

Traditional meaning of vice in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) In place of; a defect. Vice-Chancellor: there are three Vice- Chancellors in England, each holding a court, from which an appeal might be taken to the Chancellor; see the entry on types of courts, 17. Vicecomes (viscount): the sheriff. Vicecomes non misit breve: the sheriff hath not sent the writ; see CONTINUANCE. Vice versa: in inverse manner; in the opposite order.

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Notes and References

Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Vice”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.

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