voluntary waste

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voluntary waste - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Voluntary \Vol"un*ta*ry\, a. [L. voluntarius, fr. voluntas will,
     choice, from the root of velle to will, p. pr. volens; akin
     to E. will: cf. F. volontaire, Of. also voluntaire. See
     Will, v. t., and cf. Benevolent, Volition,
     Volunteer.]
     1. Proceeding from the will; produced in or by an act of
        choice.
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              That sin or guilt pertains exclusively to voluntary
              action is the true principle of orthodoxy. --N. W.
                                                    Taylor.
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     2. Unconstrained by the interference of another; unimpelled
        by the influence of another; not prompted or persuaded by
        another; done of his or its own accord; spontaneous;
        acting of one's self, or of itself; free.
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              Our voluntary service he requires.    --Milton.
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              She fell to lust a voluntary prey.    --Pope.
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     3. Done by design or intention; intentional; purposed;
        intended; not accidental; as, if a man kills another by
        lopping a tree, it is not voluntary manslaughter.
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     4. (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to the will; subject to, or
        regulated by, the will; as, the voluntary motions of an
        animal, such as the movements of the leg or arm (in
        distinction from involuntary motions, such as the
        movements of the heart); the voluntary muscle fibers,
        which are the agents in voluntary motion.
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     5. Endowed with the power of willing; as, man is a voluntary
        agent.
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              God did not work as a necessary, but a voluntary,
              agent, intending beforehand, and decreeing with
              himself, that which did outwardly proceed from him.
                                                    --Hooker.
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     6. (Law) Free; without compulsion; according to the will,
        consent, or agreement, of a party; without consideration;
        gratuitous; without valuable consideration.
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     7. (Eccl.) Of or pertaining to voluntaryism; as, a voluntary
        church, in distinction from an established or state
        church.
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     Voluntary affidavit or Voluntary oath (Law), an affidavit
        or oath made in an extrajudicial matter.
  
     Voluntary conveyance (Law), a conveyance without valuable
        consideration.
  
     Voluntary escape (Law), the escape of a prisoner by the
        express consent of the sheriff.
  
     Voluntary jurisdiction. (Eng. Eccl. Law) See Contentious  jurisdiction
        , under Contentious.
  
     Voluntary waste. (Law) See Waste, n., 4.
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     Syn: See Spontaneous.
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voluntary waste - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  VOLUNTARY WASTE. That which is either active or willful, in 
  contradistinction to that which arises from mere negligence, which is called 
  permissive waste. 2 Bouv. Inst. 2394, et seq. Vide Waste.