Volens

Volens

In law, "volens" is a state of mind, referring to voluntary acceptance of a specific risk. It is usually pleaded by way of defence, and often employs the legal Latin " [se of conduct. In other countries it can give rise to a partial defence of contributory negligence.

In contract law, many clauses in contracts which at first appear to be exemption clauses relating to personal injury (which are in many countries invalid by law [See for example the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 in the United Kingdom] ) are in fact phrased so as to demonstrate that the person signing the contract was aware of and voluntarily accepted the risk of personal injury, which may then subsequently establish a successful "volenti" defence.

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  • volens — VÓLENS, NÓLENS adv. vrând, nevrând. (< lat. volens nolens) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN …   Dicționar Român

  • volens — index voluntary Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • volens — /vōˈlenz/ (law) noun and adjective (a person) consenting to a course of action which involves a risk of some sort (and therefore unable to sue if injury occurs) ORIGIN: Prp of L velle to be willing • • • volenti non fit injuria /vō lenˈti nōn fit …   Useful english dictionary

  • volens — Willing, but not necessarily wishing. It is said in the Kambour Case, 77 NH at page 47, that volens means wishing, not willing; and it by no means follows from the fact that a person is willing to chance being injured, that he wishes, or even is… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • volens-nolens — (izg. vȍlens nȏlens) DEFINICIJA hoćeš nećeš ETIMOLOGIJA lat …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • volens nolens — лат. (волэнс нолэнс) см. воленс ноленс. Толковый словарь иностранных слов Л. П. Крысина. М: Русский язык, 1998 …   Словарь иностранных слов русского языка

  • volens — /vowlenz/ Willing. He is said to be willing who either expressly consents or tacitly makes no opposition …   Black's law dictionary

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  • Volens-nolens — (Воленс ноленс) волей неволей …   Популярный политический словарь

  • nolens volens — wohl oder übel; zwangsläufig; notgedrungen; zwangsweise; unfreiwillig; zähneknirschend (umgangssprachlich); gezwungenermaßen * * * no|lens vo|lens 〈[vo: ]〉 ob man will od. nicht, halb wider Willen, wohl od. übel [lat., „nicht wollend, wollend“] …   Universal-Lexikon

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