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void for vagueness
void for vagueness definition - legal
n
When it becomes necessary for a person of average intelligence to guess at the
meaning of a law or how that law is to be applied, the statute is constitutionally
void for vagueness. A criminal statute may be vague for how it is to be
applied, to whom it applies, what conduct is forbidden, or what the punishment
is for violating it.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
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