VOLUNTARY DEPOSIT, civil law. One which is made by the mere1 consent or agreement of the parties. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 1054.
VOLUNTARY ESCAPE. The giving to a prisoner voluntarily, any liberty not authorized2 by law. 5 Mass. 310; 2 Chipm. 11; 3 Harr. & John. 559; 2 Harr. & Gill. 106; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 2332.
VOLUNTARY JURISDICTION3. In the ecclesiastical law, jurisdiction is either contentious4 jurisdiction, (q. v.) or voluntary jurisdiction. By the latter term is understood that kind of jurisdiction which requires no judicial5 proceedings6, as, the granting letters of administration and receiving the probate of wills.
VOLUNTARY NONSUIT, practice. The abandonment of his cause by a plaintiff, and an agreement that a judgment7 for costs be entered against him. 3 Bouv. Inst. n. 3306.
VOLUNTARY SALE, contracts. One made freely, without constraint8, by the owner of the thing &old. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 974.
VOLUNTARY WASTE. That which is either active or wilful9, in contradistinction to that which arises from mere negligence10, which is called permissive waste. 2 Bouv. Inst. 2394, et seq. Vide Waste.
VOLUNTEERS, contracts. Persons who receive a voluntary conveyance11. (q. v.)
2. It is a general rule of the courts of equity12 that they will not assist a mere volunteer who has a defective13 conveyance. Fonbl. B. 1, c. 5, s. 2, and See the note there for some exceptions to this rule. Vide, generally, 1 Madd. Ch. 271,. 1 Supp. to Ves. jr. 320; 2 Id. 321; Powell on Mortg. Index, h. t. 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 3968-73.