VAGUENESS.
\vˈe͡ɪɡnəs], \vˈeɪɡnəs], \v_ˈeɪ_ɡ_n_ə_s]\
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Certainty is required in contracts, wills, pleadings, judgments, and indeed in all the acts on which courts have to give a judgment, ana if they be vague, so as not to be understood, they are in general invalid. 5 B. & C. 583; 1 Russ. & M. 116 1 Ch. Pract. 123. A charge of "frequent intemperance" and "habitual indolence" are vague and too general. 2 Mart. Lo. Rep. N. S. 530. See Certainty; Nonsense; Uncertainty.
By John Bouvier
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