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Term	Definition	Country	Citation/Link
vacant unit	a dwelling unit that has been vacant for not less than 9 consecutive months.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
vacation pay	four per cent or, after six consecutive years of employment by one employer, six per cent of the wages of an employee during the year of employment in respect of which the employee is entitled to the vacation;	Canada	R.S.C., 1985, c. L-2
vacation	any period falling within the period of study, which is not term-time;”.	United Kingdom	1998 No. 1274
vaccinated	treated with hyperimmune serum or vaccine against disease and “unvaccinated” shall be construed accordingly.	United Kingdom	2006 No. 42
vaccinated	treated with vaccine against the disease;	United Kingdom	2006 No. 44
vaccinate	treat a susceptible animal with hyperimmune serum or vaccine against disease and “vaccination”, “vaccinated” and “unvaccinated” shall be construed accordingly;	United Kingdom	2006 No. 43
vaccination against measles	the introduction into the body of a person of a preparation of the attenuated live measles virus for the purpose of providing protection against infection by the measles virus.	Singapore	Cap. 137, RG 3
vaccination area	the area as describes in Annex 1 of the Commission Decision;	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2006/en/si/00...
vaccination notice	a notice issued under regulation 12(1)(b) or 13(1)(b);	United Kingdom	2006 No. 337
vaccination plan	either an emergency vaccination plan or a preventive vaccination plan;	United Kingdom	2007 No. 69
vaccination surveillance zone	a vaccination surveillance zone declared under regulation 12(1), 13(2) or 13(3);	United Kingdom	2006 No. 183
vaccination zone	a vaccination zone declared under regulation 12(1);	United Kingdom	2006 No. 183
vaccination zone	either an emergency vaccination zone or a preventive vaccination zone.	United Kingdom	2007 No. 69
vaccination	the administration to an animal of a vaccine against anthrax.	United Kingdom	2000 No. 225
vaccine licence	a licence granted under and in accordance with Article 4;	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2002/en/si/05...
vaccine strain herpes zoster	of isolating the vaccine strain virus from the lesions.	Australia	https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F20...
vaccines for children program	the program operated by the Texas Department of Health under authority of 42 U.S.C. Section 1396s, as amended.	United States	GOVERNMENT CODE - Title 4 - Ch
vaccine	any substance designed to be administered to a human being for the prevention of 1 or more diseases.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
vagus nerve stimulation	the intermittent electrical stimulation of the cervical portion of the left vagus nerve by a surgically implanted, programmable electronic device which administers electrical stimuli repeatedly, over an extended period.	United Kingdom	2005 No. 292
valid Convention certificate	an International Load Line Certificate (1966) or an International Load Line Exemption Certificate issued under the 1966 Convention which is in force;	United Kingdom	1998 No. 2241
valid account	an account which (apart from under this regulation) is exempt from tax under regulation 22(I);	United Kingdom	2002 No. 3158
valid application	an application which complies with the provisions of Rule 4.	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2008/en/si/04...
valid auction stage bid	a valid primary bid or a valid supplementary bid;	United Kingdom	2008 No. 686
valid certificate	a certificate that a certification authority has issued and which the subscriber listed in it has accepted;	Singapore	Cap. 88
valid declaration of identity	a declaration of identity in relation to which the returning officer is satisfied as mentioned in regulation 22.	United Kingdom	2002 No. 561
valid electronic signatures	by which EPA will implement valid and enforceable electronic signatures that will ensure the legal dependability and defensibility of electronic manifests. EPA understands, however, that the CROMERR regulation could be altered or replaced over time by new EPA regulations and/or new Federal requirements pertaining to electronic signatures. Therefore, we have codified in § 262.25(a) the broader language requiring a “legally valid and enforceable signature under applicable EPA and other Federal requirements pertaining to electronic signatures” so that the regulation will be broad enough to encompass any changes to EPA rules or Federal law that may augment or supersede EPA's current CROMERR requirements.	United States	79 FR 7517
valid entitlement card	an entitlement card which is in force and applies to the patient named on an equivalent prescription form;	United Kingdom	2007 No. 121 (W. 11)
valid existing rights	“valid existing rights” as used in the State regulations and SMCRA. For the above reasons, we find that the revisions to Mississippi's regulations are no less effective than the Federal regulations and we are approving them.	United States	73 FR 74943
valid licence	a licence to drive a motor vehicle granted under Part II of the 1981 Order, a Community licence, an exchangeable licence or a Great Britain driving licence, and for this purpose the terms “Community licence” and “exchangeable licence” have the same meaning as given in Article 19D of the 1981 Order;	United Kingdom	2008 No. 494
valid medical certificate	a medical certificate issued under article 113(1) or recognised by the CAA under article 119C.	United Kingdom	2009 No. 1742
valid nomination	a signed written notice.	United Kingdom	2011 No. 113
valid parking ticket	a parking ticket showing as the period in respect of which the charge has been paid a period comprising the entire period during which the vehicle remains parked;	United Kingdom	2000 No. 934
valid parking ticket	a parking ticket, showing as the period in respect of which the charge has been paid a period comprising the entire period during which the vehicle remains parked.”.	United Kingdom	2005 No. 15
valid photo ID	of personal identification with a photograph such as a driver's license, passport, or comparable ID that has not expired.	United States	78 FR 40581
valid postal voting statement	a postal voting statement in relation to which the returning officer is satisfied as mentioned in regulation 24.	United Kingdom	2007 No. 263
valid postal voting statement	a postal voting statement which, in accordance with rule 34 or 35, the counting officer is satisfied has been duly completed;	United Kingdom	2013 No. 798
valid principal stage bid	a valid opt-in bid, a valid primary bid, or a valid supplementary bid;	United Kingdom	2012 No. 2817
valid registration period	the period of validity of a registration referred to in paragraph 7(1) as read with paragraph 7(2);	United Kingdom	2009 No. 3381
valid request for authorisation	a request to the licensing authority for authorisation to conduct a clinical trial which complies with the provisions of regulation 17, and “valid amended request” shall be construed accordingly.	United Kingdom	2004 No. 1031
valid test disc	a test disc which is displayed on a vehicle in respect of which there is in force a test certificate;	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2001/en/si/05...
valid ticket	a ticket for which the correct fare has been paid for the journey being undertaken and which is in force when the journey is being undertaken;	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2012/en/si/00...
valid ticket	a ticket lawfully obtained by or on behalf of the person using or attempting to use it and entitling that person to make the journey on the cable car system which the person is making or attempting to make.	United Kingdom	2012 No. 472
valid vote	a voting paper completed by a person entitled to vote in an election and submitted in accordance with these Rules from which the person’s voting intention can be unequivocally ascertained.	United Kingdom	2002 No. 2463
validated licence	a JAA licence or ICAO licence rendered valid under article 22;	United Kingdom	2007 No. 1115
validate	render in force for the prescribed period of time and “validation” and “validated” have corresponding meanings. (“valider”, “validation”, “valide”)  R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 6 (1); 1999, c. 12, Sched. R, s. 1 (2, 3); 2002, c. 22, s. 95.	Canada	www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90h08
validation strategy	of verifying the accuracy of data content and completeness of reporting or adherence to a required sampling method (78 FR 43362). For a template for data validation and integrity, please also see the requirements for certification of an EHR product by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) that are explained at http://www.healthit.gov/policy-researchers-implementers/2014-edition-final-test-method .	United States	78 FR 74683
validation strategy	of verifying the accuracy of data content and completeness of reporting or adherence to a required sampling method;	United States	74 FR 61738
validation	establishing documented evidence that provides a high degree of assurance that a specific process, piece of equipment or environment will consistently produce a product meeting its predetermined specifications and quality attributes; a process is validated to evaluate the performance of a system with regard to its effectiveness based on intended use;	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2007/en/si/05...
validation	the establishment of documented and objective evidence that the particular requirements for a specific intended use can be consistently fulfilled.	United Kingdom	2005 No. 50
validity period	the period for which an improvement notice is valid (see regulation 10);	United Kingdom	2014 No. 67
valid	a cattle passport that has been correctly completed and signed in the appropriate place by each keeper of the animal and where the identification number and description of the animal in the passport correlate to the ear tags and the animal.	United Kingdom	2007 No. 529
valuable consideration	any right, interest, profit or benefit, forbearance, detriment, loss or responsibility accruing, given, suffered or undertaken under an agreement, which is of more than a nominal nature;	United Kingdom	2007 No. 1115
valuable mineral	a mineral of a value of at least $100 per kilogram, and includes precious metals, diamonds and other gemstones and any rock or ore that contains those minerals;	Canada	R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46
valuation activity	anything done by the person in determining the value of a property or a service.	Canada	R.S.C., 1985, c. E-15
valuation certificate	a valuation certificate which complies with regulation 7.	United Kingdom	2006 No. 802
valuation date	6 April in such year.	Ireland	Number 19 of 2000
valuation day	a day appointed by the investment manager in accordance with paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 for the valuation of the fund.	United Kingdom	2004 No. 266
valuation methodology	the valuation methodology set out in Part 5 .	Ireland	Number 34 of 2009
valuation officer	a person appointed, employed or authorised by the Commission or the Government to value property and whose appointment, employment or authorisation is published by notice in the Gazette.	Kenya	CAP. 65
valuation roll	the valuation roll prepared by the Commission under article 16;	United Kingdom	2006 No. 2913
value acquired as a result of assembly operations	the increase in value resulting from the assembly itself, together with any finishing and checking operations, and from the incorporation of any parts originating in the country where the operations in question were carried out, including profit and the general costs borne in that country as a result of the operations.	European Union	22012A0229(03)
value added service	any service which requires the processing of traffic data or location data beyond that which is necessary for the transmission of a communication or the billing in respect of that communication.	United Kingdom	2003 No. 2426
value added service	any service which requires the processing of traffic data or location data other than traffic data beyond what is necessary for the transmission of a communication or the billing thereof;	European Union	32002L0058
value date	a reference time used by a payment service provider for the calculation of interest on the funds debited from or credited to a payment account.	United Kingdom	2009 No. 209
value engineering review	a specialized cost control technique which uses a systematic and creative approach to identify and to focus on unnecessarily high cost in a project in order to arrive at a cost saving without sacrificing the reliability or efficiency of the project.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
value for tax purposes	the value on the basis of which any gain or loss would be computed for the purposes of tax upon the income, profits or capital gains of a shareholder of the company.	European Union	32005L0019
value loss	that NAP coverage is based on the market value of the inventory before the loss event, rather than an expected yield. This rule does not change NAP regulations regarding compensation of eligible aquaculture losses using a value loss calculation or the documentation that must be provided to prove an eligible loss. Mollusk producers, whether they choose to keep their mollusks in controlled environments or not, are still required to have control of the waterbed where the mollusks are grown, as specified in the NAP regulations, meaning that they must own or lease the waterbed. The change being made by this rule merely eliminates the requirement that a NAP-covered participant seed or raise the eligible mollusk inventory in containers or similar devices to be eligible for NAP coverage. It will not change any of the requirements for other aquaculture species.	United States	79 FR 74561
value of marketable production	the value of marketed production;	European Union	32003R1432
value of materials	the customs value at the time of importation of the non-originating materials used or, if this is not known and cannot be ascertained, the first ascertainable price paid for the materials in the Community or Ceuta and Melilla;	European Union	32001R0082
value of originating materials	the customs value of such materials as defined in point (g) applied mutatis mutandis;	European Union	22000A0318(01)
value of originating materials	the value of such materials as defined in (k), applied mutatis mutandis.	European Union	32012D0734
value of the appropriate percentage	the value of the appropriate percentage as determined in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 5D of Schedule 6.	United Kingdom	2001 No. 1123
value of the goods	the total of all payments made or to be made by the purchaser of the goods to or for the benefit of the vendor.	Canada	R.S.C., 1985, c. 1 (2nd Supp.)
value of the property charged	the value of the registered estate or the amount of the registered charge or charges affected by the application to register the charge, less the amount secured by any prior registered charges.	United Kingdom	2009 No. 845
value of the property	the appraised value of the stock or membership entitling the purchaser to the permanent occupancy of the dwelling unit in the development, project, or structure of the cooperative housing corporation.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
value-added tax identification number in another Member State	the identification number issued to a person by the authorities of another Member State for the purposes of value-added tax referred to in the Sixth Council Directive.	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2006/en/si/05...
value-added tax identification number in another Member State	the identification number issued to the person by the authorities of another Member State for the purposes of value-added tax referred to in the VAT Directive;	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2010/en/si/06...
value-added tax	the tax referred to in Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 4 .	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2009/en/si/03...
value-based purchasing	of promoting better quality of care and more effective resource use in the Medicare payment systems. In developing the concept of value-based purchasing for Medicare, we have been working closely with stakeholder partners.	United States	72 FR 66580
valuer	any person or authority prescribed by or under any law for carrying out valuation of land for the purpose of imposing rates on land so valued;	Kenya	CAP. 266
valuer	the independent valuer appointed by the Treasury in accordance with paragraph 6.	United Kingdom	2008 No. 3249
values	that adjustments to a base cabin user fee may be made when there are measurable value differences among recreation residence lots within a grouping of lots. The requirement that the authorized officer seek the advice of the assigned Forest Service review appraiser will also be added to paragraph 1.	United States	71 FR 16622
value	a value determined by the scheme manager under Part 3 or 4 of this Schedule.	United Kingdom	2014 No. 1964
value	the commitment of a member in a convertible currency;	European Union	21999A0824(02)
valve	a device for the purpose of controlling or shutting off gas flow and includes a gas service isolation valve.	Singapore	Cap. 116A, RG 1
valvular heart disease	haemodynamically significant stenosis or incompetence of one or more cardiac valves. This definition includes rheumatic heart disease, aortic stenosis or mitral valve prolapse, but excludes isolated valvular calcification.	Australia	https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F20...
van pooling arrangement	an arrangement for the transportation of employees between their residences or other designated locations and their place of employment on a nonprofit basis in which the operating costs of such arrangement are paid for by the employees utilizing such arrangement.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
vapor-tight gasoline tank truck	“gasoline cargo tank,” as defined in this section.	United States	73 FR 1916
vapour	the gaseous form of a mixture or substance released from its liquid or solid state.	Canada	SOR/2015-17
variable payments	variable payments under Division 6.	Canada	P-18.5 2013
variable agreement	an agreement which contains a provision referred to in Article 9(1);	United Kingdom	2005 No. 841
variable benefit account	an account under the defined contribution provision of a pension plan that is used, or is to be used, for the payment of variable benefits to a retired member or a specified beneficiary of a retired member. (“compte de prestations variables”) 2015, c. 20, Sched. 34, s. 2.	Canada	www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90p08
variable benefit	a pension benefit payable in the form of a variable payment out of the pension fund;	Canada	R.S.C., 1985, c. 32 (2nd Supp.
variable category	any category of members whose numbers may vary according to clauses 2 .	United Kingdom	2012 No. 1749
variable costs	the costs that are expected to fluctuate directly with the volume of sales or services provided or the use of equipment or facilities.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
variable fee	an amount calculated in accordance with Schedule 1 hereto.	United Kingdom	2004 No. 1300
variable import duty	import duty imposed on goods imported into Kenya and specified in the Eleventh Schedule;	Kenya	CAP. 472
variable order	an order for periodical payments which contains a provision referred to in Article 2.	United Kingdom	2005 No. 841
variable payment	such payment, however expressed and whether paid annually or otherwise, which serves as an incentive to all employees to increase their productivity or as a reward for their contribution;	Singapore	Cap. 91
variable-interest securities	securities which under the terms of issue bear a variable rate of interest.	United Kingdom	2006 No. 521
variant name	any name by which that product is distinguished from other tobacco products under the same brand name;	United Kingdom	2015 No. 829
variant name	the name used to distinguish that tobacco product from other tobacco products of the same brand name.	Ireland	Number 4 of 2015
variants	designs applied to the same article or set and not differing substantially from one another.	Canada	R.S.C., 1985, c. I-9
variation application	an application under regulation 21 for the variation of a permit.	Singapore	Cap. 122A, RG 1
variation date	1st January 1999 and 1st January in each year thereafter.	United Kingdom	1997 No. 2942 (S. 187)
variation notification	notification of a decision to vary an environmental permit given under paragraph 17(2) of Schedule 5.	United Kingdom	2007 No. 3538
variation order	a tree preservation order which varies another tree preservation order.	United Kingdom	2010 No. 434
variation order	an order made under subsection 17(1);	Canada	R.S.C., 1985, c. 3 (2nd Supp.)
variation proceedings	proceedings under Part 15.	United Kingdom	2009 No. 2041
variation proceeding	a proceeding in a court in which either or both former spouses seek a variation order.	Canada	R.S.C., 1985, c. 3 (2nd Supp.)
variation provisional return	the return required by paragraph 5(2).	United Kingdom	2009 No. 2543
variation	the amendment of its provisions (and “vary” has the corresponding meaning);	United Kingdom	2012 No. 3038
varicocele	an abnormal tortuosity and dilatation of the veins of the pampiniform plexus within the spermatic cord usually presenting as a scrotal swelling.	Australia	https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F20...
varicose veins of the lower limb	dilatation and lengthening of a subcutaneous superficial vein or veins of the lower limb, such as the saphenous veins and perforating veins, and excluding spider veins (telangiectasis).	Australia	https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F20...
varied rate	any rate of interest charged when a variation of the rate of interest is to be assumed to take place by virtue of regulation 2(1)(e) above.	United Kingdom	1999 No. 3177
varietal association	an association of Certified Seed of a specified pollinator dependent hybrid accepted on to a UK National List or the Common Catalogue with Certified Seed of one or more specified pollinators similarly accepted.	United Kingdom	2004 No. 317
variety of work	Licensed Work.	United Kingdom	2014 No. 586
variola virus	a virus that can cause human smallpox or any derivative of the variola major virus that contains more than 85 percent of the gene sequence of the variola major virus or the variola minor virus.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
varnish	a transparent coating;	United Kingdom	2010 No. 675
vary a noise certificate	the addition, omission or variation of any conditions subject to which a noise certificate may be granted.	United Kingdom	1999 No. 1452
vary	vary under regulations made under Article 9 of the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999.”.	United Kingdom	1999 No. 671
veal calf	a bovine animal which is intended for slaughter at an age of less than 12 months.	United Kingdom	1997 No. 1986
vector control operator	a person who, in the course of any trade or business, undertakes or engages in vector control work;	Singapore	Cap. 59
vector control work	any work carried out for the purpose of vector control;	Singapore	Cap. 59
vector control	the destruction, or the prevention of the propagation or harbouring, of vectors;	Singapore	Cap. 59
vector	a tick of the species Ornithodorus erraticus, or any other tick of the genus Ornithodorus which, in the opinion of the CVO, is capable of transmitting African swine fever.	United Kingdom	2003 No. 2913
vector	a tick of the species Ornithodorus erraticus, or any other tick of the genus Ornithodorus which, in the opinion of the Chief Veterinary Officer, is capable of transmitting African swine fever;	United Kingdom	2003 No. 3273 (W. 323)
vegetable and fruit land	land used for growing vegetable and fruit;	United Kingdom	2008 No. 100
vegetable and fruit land	land used for growing vegetables or fruit.	United Kingdom	2004 No. 143
vegetable organism	any vegetable organism, in whatever stage of existence such organism may be;	Kenya	CAP. 324
vegetation type	plants (or total mass of plant life) of a given area considered in general or as plant communities, but not taxonomically.	European Union	32013R1253
vegetation	the plants of an area considered in general or as communities, but not taxonomically. Vegetation can also be defined as the total plant cover in a particular area or on the Earth as a whole.	European Union	32013R1253
vehicle body plan form	all parts of the bodywork and chassis, including any separate wheel-guards, but not including running gear such as wheels, axles, suspension, brakes and steering.	United Kingdom	2004 No. 484
vehicle certificate of approval (national transport only)	the certificate of approval, in the format given in Schedule 2, issued for a vehicle (for the carriage of the dangerous goods by road only in the State) in accordance with Part 5 and Chapters 9.1.2.1 and 9.2 and, as appropriate, 9.3 or 9.7 of the ADR (but subject to Part 7 as appropriate).	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2004/en/si/00...
vehicle certificate of approval	the certificate of approval, in the format laid down in Chapter 9.1.2.1.5 of the ADR, issued for a vehicle in accordance with Part 5 and Chapters 9.1.2.1 and 9.2 and, as appropriate, 9.3 or 9.7 of the ADR;	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2004/en/si/00...
vehicle check weighing machine	a non-automatic weighing machine which, in accordance with Article 5(3)(a) of the 1981 Order, is made available for use for trade only for the purpose of checking compliance with statutory provisions regarding the weight and axle weight of road vehicles;	United Kingdom	2006 No. 5
vehicle combination	a combination of vehicles made up of one or more motor vehicles and one or more trailers all of which are linked together when travelling.	United Kingdom	2002 No. 3113
vehicle crew	those persons authorised by the operator to be on board the vehicle.	United Kingdom	1996 No. 2095
vehicle crew	those persons authorised by the operator to be on board the vehicle;	United Kingdom	1997 No. 248
vehicle entry permit	a vehicle entry permit granted under the Road Traffic (International Circulation) Rules (R 7).	Singapore	Cap. 276, R 45
vehicle examiner	a person appointed by the Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland) under Article 74 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995.	United Kingdom	1997 No. 475
vehicle fuel dispenser	a mechanical or electrical device for the dispensing of vehicle fuel.	United Kingdom	2014 No. 1637
vehicle fuel	petrol or any other substance which provides the power in an internal-combustion engine in a motor vehicle, ship or aircraft;	United Kingdom	2014 No. 1637
vehicle identification number	any number or other mark placed on a motor vehicle for the purpose of distinguishing the motor vehicle from other similar motor vehicles.	Canada	R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46
vehicle in the service of a visiting force or of a headquarters	a vehicle so described in Article 8(6) of the Visiting Forces and International Headquarters (Application of Law) Order 1965(20);	United Kingdom	1999 No. 454
vehicle inspection sticker	the device issued as evidence that the inspection requirements and performance standards referred to in section 85 have been complied with. (“vignette d’inspection de véhicule”)  R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 88.	Canada	www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90h08
vehicle parking certificate	a vehicle parking certificate issued under these Rules.	Singapore	Cap. 214, R 4
vehicle period	such period as may be fixed from time to time in relation to a Pelican crossing, being a period which begins when the vehicular light signals cease to show a flashing amber light and during which those signals show a green light.	United Kingdom	1997 No. 2400
vehicle permit	any form of permit, pass, ticket or receipt issued by the Corporation showing the registration number of a vehicle authorising such vehicle to enter Sentosa;	Singapore	Cap. 291, RG 1
vehicle registration	the registration of any commercial motor vehicle under the International Registration Plan (as defined in section 31701) or any other registration law or regulation of a jurisdiction.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
vehicle rental facility	any person or entity that provides vehicles for rent, lease, loan, or other similar use to the public or any segment thereof.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
vehicle rules	the rules referred to at regulation 14.	United Kingdom	1999 No. 2024
vehicle testing centre	a centre provided by the Department under Article 73 of the 1995 Order.	United Kingdom	2003 No. 304
vehicle theft prevention standard	a minimum performance standard for identifying major parts of new motor vehicles and major replacement parts by inscribing or affixing numbers or symbols on those parts.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
vehicle type as regards its external projections	a category of motor vehicles not differing in such essential respects as shape or materials of the external surface;	European Union	31974L0483
vehicle type-approval certificate	the certificate that is issued when a vehicle has been given a vehicle type-approval;	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2009/en/si/01...
vehicle type-approval	the procedure whereby an approval authority certifies that a type of vehicle satisfies the relevant technical requirements of a Directive specified in Annex IV to the Framework Directive;	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2009/en/si/01...
vehicle type	a category of power-driven vehicles which do not differ in such essential respects as the dimensions, lines and constituent materials of the components of the vehicle structure or seat structure or any other part of the vehicle to which the safety belts and the restraint systems are attached;	European Union	31977L0541
vehicle with manual transmission	a motor vehicle in which a clutch pedal (or lever operated manually for categories A, A2 and A1) is present and must be operated by the driver when starting or stopping the vehicle and changing gears (and accordingly a vehicle with automatic transmission is any other class of motor vehicle).”.	United Kingdom	2013 No. 298
vehicle-combination	a motor vehicle towing one or more trailers, any trailer or trailers towed by it and any other motor vehicle used for the purpose of assisting the propulsion of the trailer or trailers on the road;	United Kingdom	2003 No. 1998
vehicle-hire firm	any person engaged in hiring vehicles in the course of a business.	United Kingdom	2009 No. 428
vehicles of the category M1	mechanically propelled vehicles used for the carriage of passengers and comprising not more than eight seats excluding the driver's seat;	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/1998/en/si/02...
vehicles of the category M2	mechanically propelled vehicles used for the carriage of passengers and comprising more than eight seats excluding the driver's seat, and having a maximum design gross vehicle weight not exceeding 5 tonnes;	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/1995/en/si/01...
vehicles of the category M3	mechanically propelled vehicles used for the carriage of passengers and having a maximum weight exceeding 5 tonnes;	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/1998/en/si/02...
vehicles of the category N1	mechanically propelled vehicles used for the carriage of goods or burden of other description and having a maximum design gross vehicle weight not exceeding 3.5 tonnes;	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/1995/en/si/01...
vehicles of the category N2	mechanically propelled vehicles used for the carriage of goods or burden of other description and having a maximum design gross vehicle weight exceeding 3.5 tonnes but not exceeding 12 tonnes.	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/1995/en/si/01...
vehicles of the category N2	mechanically propelled vehicles used for the carriage of goods or burden of other description and having a maximum weight exceeding 3.5 tonnes but not exceeding 12 tonnes;	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/1998/en/si/02...
vehicles of the category N3	mechanically propelled vehicles used for the carriage of goods or burden of other description and having a maximum weight exceeding 12 tonnes;	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/1998/en/si/02...
vehicles	mechanically propelled vehicles;	Ireland	Number 12 of 2002
vehicle	a conveyance that is designed to be propelled or drawn by any means, whether or not capable of being so propelled or drawn, and includes any trailer, bicycle or other pedal-powered vehicle, but does not include any train;	Singapore	Cap. 220
vehicle	the vehicle in respect of which the purchaser wishes to exercise the relevant right.”.	United Kingdom	2008 No. 2372
vehicular access intersection point	any point along the route of the section of Work No. 1 referred to in that paragraph where an access road or way that is shown on the deposited sections or which is provided in substitution therefore under this Order, passes underneath that work.	United Kingdom	2002 No. 1066
vehicular hazard warning signal flasher	a driver controlled device which causes all required turn signal lamps to flash simultaneously to indicate to approaching drivers the presence of a vehicular hazard”. This revision recognizes that the hazard warning signal of paragraph S6.1.5.1 only requires simultaneous flashing of sufficient turn signal lamps to meet the turn signal photometric requirements of Standard No. 108.	United States	72 FR 68234
velvet bent	plants of the species Agrostis canina L.;	United Kingdom	2009 No. 385
velvet crab	crab of the species Necora puber.	United Kingdom	2000 No. 200
vending machine	a machine or device that is constructed to contain alcoholic drinks and which can automatically retail any alcoholic drink upon the insertion of a coin, token or similar object into the machine or device.	Kenya	CAP. 121A
vendor of personal health records	an entity, other than a covered entity (as defined in paragraph (3)), that offers or maintains a personal health record.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
vendor	a person who sells a live adult bovine animal to a slaughterer in consideration of a price calculated by reference to the carcase weight of the animal.	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2004/en/si/00...
vendor	any person by whom a property is or is to be disposed of, and includes a prospective landlord;	Singapore	Cap. 95A
venereal disease	syphilis, gonorrhoea, soft chancre or bubo (lymphogranuloma inguinale).	Singapore	Cap. 135
veno-occlusive disease	symptomatic occlusion of the sublobular branches of the hepatic veins or the small hepatic venules.	Australia	https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F20...
vent pipe	a pipe open to the atmosphere which exposes the system to atmospheric pressure at its boundary.	United Kingdom	1999 No. 1148
vented emissions	emissions deliberately released from the installation by provision of a defined point of emission;	European Union	32010D0345
ventilating pipe	a pipe provided to limit the pressure fluctuations within any sanitary plumbing system;	Singapore	Cap. 294, RG 2
ventilating stack	a main vertical ventilating pipe.	Singapore	Cap. 294, RG 2
ventilation only	that employers must ensure that the mechanical ventilation will control the atmospheric hazards at levels that are below the levels at which they are harmful to entrants so that if the ventilation fails (for example, because of a loss of power) the employees will have sufficient time to escape without exposure between detection of an increase in atmospheric level and exit.	United States	80 FR 25365
venture capital	capital in the form of equity capital investments, as that term is defined in section 683(g)(4) of this title.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
venturing group	the group referred to in regulation 17(1).	United Kingdom	2007 No. 3425
venue	the site at which it is proposed to hold an event.	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2001/en/si/06...
verbal communication	a pre-determined spoken message communicated by a human or artificial voice;	United Kingdom	1996 No. 119
verbatim transcript	of documenting NRCS hearings. In addition, this policy parallels NAD's policy.	United States	71 FR 28239
verge	any part of a motorway which is not a carriageway, a hard shoulder, or a central reservation;	United Kingdom	2008 No. 135
verge	any part of a road which is not a carriageway, footway, hard shoulder or central reservation.	United Kingdom	1997 No. 205
verification assessment procedure	the procedure referred to in regulation 17;	United Kingdom	2011 No. 3066
verification declaration	an EC declaration of verification prepared in accordance with the procedures set out in Annex VI.	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2002/en/si/01...
verification examination	an examination of such books, records, papers, or other documents of a person or company as the Comptroller General determines necessary and appropriate to assess the accuracy, reliability, and adequacy of the energy information, or financial information, referred to in subsection (a) of this section.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
verification letter	a letter that contains a request for information regarding the origin of goods that are the subject of a verification of origin.	Canada	SOR/2014-283
verification number	the number to be used for verification purposes by virtue of paragraphs (2) or (4) of regulation 4; and”.	United Kingdom	2003 No. 398 (W. 55)
verification of isolation,	necessary to detect the presence of hazardous energy, which may involve the use of a test instrument, such as a voltmeter, a visual inspection, or a deliberate attempt to start-up the machinery, equipment, or system. For electric shock protection, employers may not use a visual inspection or a deliberate attempt to start-up the machinery, equipment or system.	United States	76 FR 24575
verification purposes	the purposes of establishing the matters mentioned in regulations 8(3) and 9(1)(a).	United Kingdom	2000 No. 2852
verification questionnaire	a questionnaire that contains requests for information regarding the origin of goods that are the subject of a verification of origin.	Canada	SOR/2014-283
verification report	a report containing data which demonstrates that remediation works have been completed and which assesses the effectiveness of such works.	United Kingdom	2011 No. 1072
verification scale interval	the metrologically significant value of the scale interval for the verification of the machine which is determined from Schedule 1;	United Kingdom	2006 No. 5
verification	a reliable representation by a health maintenance organization to a physician or provider that the health maintenance organization will pay the physician or provider for proposed health care services if the physician or provider renders those services to the patient for whom the services are proposed. The term includes precertification, certification, recertification, and any other term that would be a reliable representation by a health maintenance organization to a physician or provider and includes preauthorization only when preauthorization is a condition for the verification.	United States	INSURANCE CODE - Title 6 - Cha
verified [PSAP] administrators or managers	of confirmation to be specified by the Commission or administrator of the registry. Each verified PSAP shall then be assigned a unique identification number or password which shall be required to be entered every time the PSAP requests that numbers be placed onto the registry. The Commission emphasizes that only PSAP numbers submitted by a verified PSAP shall be allowed on the registry and shall remain on the registry until such numbers are removed by the PSAP or it is determined during the statutorily-required verification process that such numbers are no longer eligible for inclusion.	United States	77 FR 71131
verified annual mass emission	the total amount emitted in each calendar year verified in accordance with regulation 7.	United Kingdom	2007 No. 2325
verified emissions	the reportable emissions from the installation in question for the period 1998 to 2003 inclusive, as set out in the application made under regulation 22A and verified in accordance with the guidance issued by the Secretary of State on 5th August 2005 entitled “EU Emissions Trading Scheme Guidance on Annual Verification, version 1(7)”.	United Kingdom	2006 No. 737
verifier’s assurance report	a report which meets the requirements of article 16A(16);”.	United Kingdom	2011 No. 2937
verifier	a competent, independent, accredited verification body with responsibility for performing and reporting on the verification process, in accordance with the detailed requirements established by the Member State pursuant to Annex V to the Directive.	European Union	32004D0156
verifier	a person independent of the site operator and any associated person who is appointed by the site operator or an associated person to produce a DTM verification report, a financial verification report or a modification verification report;	United Kingdom	2013 No. 126
verify,	the matching by the counterparties to a swap of each of the primary economic terms of a swap, at or shortly after the time the swap is executed.	United States	77 FR 2135
verifying officer	an officer responsible for the verification of the ballot paper accounts.	United Kingdom	1998 No. 1126
verify	checking, by examination and the provision of objective evidence.	United Kingdom	2005 No. 556
vermin	an organism injurious to any of the prescribed species.	United Kingdom	2001 No. 1380
vernacular buildings	traditional, agricultural buildings which are not in use or intended for use as dwellinghouses or for permanent or temporary accommodation.	United Kingdom	1997 No. 330 (S. 23)
vernacular building	a building of a design or style traditional in its locality;	United Kingdom	1997 No. 477
version number	a number which distinguishes a particular form submitted by the authority from earlier versions of that form prepared by them.	United Kingdom	2002 No. 535
vertebral column	the whole or any part thereof and includes the sacrum but does not include the coccygeal vertebrae.	United Kingdom	1996 No. 1941
vertebral column	the whole or any part thereof and includes the sacrum but does not include the coccygeal vertebrae; and”;	United Kingdom	1995 No. 3249
vertical load	the load in newton imposed on the tyre perpendicular to the road surface;	European Union	32011R0228
vertically integrated natural gas undertaking	a natural gas undertaking performing two or more of the tasks of transmission, distribution, supply or storage of natural gas.	Ireland	Number 10 of 2002
vertically integrated petroleum company	any person which itself, or through a person which is controlled by, controls, or is under common control with such person, is engaged in the production, refining, and marketing of petroleum products.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
vertically integrated undertaking	an electricity undertaking or a group of electricity undertakings where the same person or the same persons are entitled, directly or indirectly, to exercise control, and where the undertaking or group of undertakings perform in the European Economic Area at least one of the functions of transmission or distribution and at least one of the functions of generation or supply of electricity. The terms within this definition shall have the meaning given to them by the Electricity Directive.”.	United Kingdom	2011 No. 2704
vertically integrated undertaking	an undertaking performing two or more of the functions of generation, transmission, distribution and supply of electricity;	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2003/en/si/06...
very few individuals would be brought to the attention of the VA	to avoid a formal inquiry, this does not mean that VA should forego any effort to improve the quality of representation in cases where an organization has determined that misconduct or incompetence is sufficient to request cancellation of VA accreditation. With the rule in effect, the organization will be required to inform VA that a request to cancel accreditation under § 14.633(a) is based upon misconduct, incompetence, or resignation to avoid cancellation of accreditation for misconduct or incompetence. Upon receipt of such information, when appropriate, VA will initiate the procedures under 38 CFR 14.633(e) to determine whether the representative should be barred from further representation of VA claimants. As a result, VA, in cooperation with service organizations, will seek to ensure the competent representation of claimants.	United States	72 FR 58009
very good	an 80% or more chance of obtaining a successful outcome;	United Kingdom	2013 No. 104
very low-income community	a community in which the median income of the residents of such community does not exceed 50 percent of the median income of the area.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
very low-income families	families and individuals whose incomes do not exceed 50 percent of the median income of the area involved, as determined by the Secretary, with adjustment for family size.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
very low-income household	any household that has an income of 50 percent or less of the area median.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
very low-income person	having an income, adjusted for family size, of not more than 150 percent of the poverty line (as defined in section 9902(2) of title 42, including any revision required by that section).	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
very low-income veteran family	a veteran family whose income does not exceed 50 percent of the median income for an area specified by the Secretary for purposes of this section, as determined by the Secretary in accordance with this paragraph.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
very serious casualty	a casualty involving the total loss of the ship or a death or severe damage to the environment.	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2011/en/si/02...
very small EEE	an item of EEE with no external dimension more than 25cm;	United Kingdom	2013 No. 3113
very small charity	a small charity whose assets do not include any heritable property or shares in a private limited company, and with a gross annual income of less than £1,000.”.	United Kingdom	2012 No. 220
very small restricted funds	small restricted funds which do not include any heritable property or shares in a private limited company, and with a gross annual income of less than £1,000.	United Kingdom	2012 No. 219
vessel carriers must use the eNOAD or XML transmission methods to transmit required manifest information	for submission of electronic cargo declaration information to the CBP: The vessel Automated Manifest System (AMS) or any electronic data interchange system approved by CBP and announced in the Federal Register to replace the AMS system for this purpose.	United States	80 FR 5281
vessel constrained by her draught	a power-driven vessel that, because of the vessel’s draught in relation to the available depth and width of navigable water, is severely restricted in the vessel’s ability to deviate from the course the vessel is following.	Canada	C.R.C., c. 1416
vessel engaged in fishing	any vessel fishing with nets, lines, trawls or other fishing apparatus which restrict manoeuvrability, but does not include a vessel fishing with trolling lines or other fishing apparatus which do not restrict manoeuvrability.	Canada	C.R.C., c. 1416
vessel not under command	a vessel which through some exceptional circumstance is unable to manoeuvre as required by these Rules and is therefore unable to keep out of the way of another vessel.	Canada	C.R.C., c. 1416
vessel of the United States	a vessel belonging in whole or in part to the United States, or any citizen thereof, or any corporation created by or under the laws of the United States, or of any State, Territory, District, or possession thereof.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
vessel on the provisional list	a vessel on the provisional list referred to in paragraph 1.1 of Annex XVII.	United Kingdom	2007 No. 127
vessel or other watercraft used as an instrumentality of commerce	of transportation.	United States	TAX CODE - Title 1 - Chapter
vessel owner	the owner of the fishing vessel or any other organisation or person, such as the manager or charterer, who has assumed the responsibility for the operation of the fishing vessel from the owner;	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2003/en/si/07...
vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre	a vessel which from the nature of her work is restricted in her ability to manoeuvre as required by these Rules and is therefore unable to keep out of the way of another vessel.	Canada	C.R.C., c. 1416
vessel’s tender	a vessel which is launched and recovered from a passenger steamer, including a passenger ship, in respect of which a valid safety management certificate is in force, for the purpose of carrying passengers or crew or both to or from a place in the State and which forms part of such steamer’s equipment and where the steamer’s safety management system encompasses the safe operation of the vessel’s tender.	Ireland	Number 14 of 2010
vessels	the vessels used for sea transport, referred to in Additional Notes 1 and 2 of Chapter 89 of the Combined Nomenclature, and warships;	European Union	32000R1917
vessel	a boat, ship or craft designed, used or capable of being used solely or partly for navigation in, on, through or immediately above water, without regard to method or lack of propulsion, and includes such a vessel that is under construction. It does not include a floating object of a prescribed class.	Canada	S.C. 2001, c. 26
vessel	a ship, boat, raft or water craft of any description and includes a non-displacement craft, a seaplane, any other thing constructed or adapted for floating on or being submersed in water (whether permanently or temporarily) and any other amphibious vehicle;	United Kingdom	2008 No. 969
vested PRSA	a Personal Retirement Savings Account in respect of which assets have first been made available to, or paid to, the contributor by the PRSA administrator on or after 6 February 2011, and the term “vesting of a PRSA” shall be construed accordingly.	Ireland	Number 8 of 2013
vested sum	the sum in his Savings Account or Retirement Account, as the case may be, that is vested in the member under regulation 17(1);	Singapore	Cap. 295, RG 19
vesting date	the date on which that sewer or lateral drain vests in the relevant sewerage undertaker, as determined by paragraph (4)(a).	United Kingdom	2011 No. 1566
vesting day	the day appointed under section 10 to be the vesting day;	Ireland	Number 24 of 1998
vesting day	the day appointed under section 6 to be the vesting day.	Ireland	Number 26 of 1998
vesting order	a vesting order made under section 3(1);	Kenya	CAP. 488C
vesting order	an order made under section 25 .	Ireland	Number 17 of 1999
vesting period	24 months’ service as a Scheme member.	Ireland	Number 37 of 2012
vesting	the transfer of the possession of the surface of the land concerned for use as a road and such material below and space above the surface as may be necessary, together with the possession of the rights of a highway authority, but shall not mean the transfer of the ownership of the land.	Kenya	CAP. 265
vetches	common, hairy and Hungarian vetches;	United Kingdom	2009 No. 385
veteran farmer or rancher	that to be eligible for TIP, the veteran farmer or rancher must also meet the existing definition of a beginning farmer or rancher (found in 7 CFR 1410.2). Consequently, this change does not increase the pool of eligible participants in TIP.	United States	79 FR 32435
veteran has been transferred from Rozelle Hospital	a veteran who was a patient receiving nursing-home-type care at Rozelle Hospital on or after 1 November 2007.	Australia	https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F20...
veteran participation loan	a loan made under this subsection to a small business concern owned and controlled by veterans of the Armed Forces or members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
veterans benefit	all benefits provided to veterans, their families, or survivors by virtue of the service of a veteran in the Armed Forces of the United States.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
veterans who are minorities	veterans who are minority group members.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
veterans' memorial object	a grave marker, headstone, monument, or other object, intended to permanently honor a veteran or mark a veteran's grave, or any monument that signifies an event of national military historical significance.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
veteran	a British subject who was ordinarily domiciled or resident in Canada at the beginning of the said war and who is in receipt of a pension in respect of a disability incurred while serving upon a ship during the said war;	Canada	R.S.C. 1970, c. V-4
veteran	a former member.	Canada	S.C. 2005, c. 21
veterinarian shortage situation	a veterinarian shortage situation as determined by the Secretary under section 3151a of this title.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
veterinarian	a person licensed as a veterinarian by the College of Veterinarians of Ontario. (“vétérinaire”)  2008, c. 16, s. 1; 2009, c. 33, Sched. 9, s. 9 (1); 2015, c. 10, s. 1.	Canada	www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90o36
veterinary biologics	aggressions, serums, viruses, toxins, tuberculin, mallein, Johnin, abortin, vaccines, micro-organisms either living or killed, and products of micro-organisms intended for use in the treatment or diagnosis of diseases of animals and birds;	Singapore	Cap. 176
veterinary check	any check provided for in Directive 97/78/EC including a documentary check, an identity check and a physical check.	United Kingdom	2007 No. 199
veterinary clinic	a consulting room, office, or an outpatient or inpatient facility and includes an ambulatory facility which the Board has approved for purposes of diagnosis and management of animal diseases;	Kenya	CAP. 366
veterinary examiner	a veterinary inspector who is an officer of the Minister.	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/1995/en/si/01...
veterinary improvement notice	a notice served under article 8 (veterinary improvement notice).	United Kingdom	2011 No. 692 (W. 104)
veterinary inspector	a person appointed as a veterinary inspector by the Department.	United Kingdom	2006 No. 401
veterinary inspector	a person appointed as a veterinary inspector by the Minister;	United Kingdom	1998 No. 1135
veterinary legislation of the European Community	the Directives of the European Community specified in the Schedule.	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/1997/en/si/01...
veterinary nurse	a nurse whose name is entered in the list of veterinary nurses maintained by the College.”.	United Kingdom	2002 No. 1479
veterinary nurse	a person registered under Part 8 ;	Ireland	Number 22 of 2005
veterinary nursing	carrying out any procedures to which subsection (2) applies and other cognate phrases shall be construed accordingly.	Ireland	Number 22 of 2005
veterinary officer	a veterinary officer in the employment of the Government or the Director;	Kenya	CAP. 364
veterinary para-professional	a person registered as a veterinary para-professional to under section 17;	Kenya	CAP. 366
veterinary practitioner	a person registered in the supplementary veterinary register;	United Kingdom	2003 No. 3342
veterinary registers	the register and the supplementary veterinary register;	United Kingdom	2014 No. 3493
veterinary specialist	a veterinary surgeon who is registered by the Board as a specialist;	Kenya	CAP. 366
veterinary supervision	something different than the term “supervision” which is used in section 504, or whether the two terms are meant to be synonymous. The comments were concerned that oversight could be performed in place of supervision and that it was a less-stringent standard. One comment requested that FDA define “supervision or oversight” to mean that the veterinarian has visited the premises at least once per year or documented why an alternative visitation schedule is more appropriate.	United States	80 FR 31707
veterinary surgeon	a fellow or member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons;	United Kingdom	2003 No. 483 (W. 69)
veterinary surgeon	a person registered in the register of veterinary surgeons or in the supplemental veterinary register.	United Kingdom	2001 No. 2360 (W. 197)
veterinary treatment	any treatment or other procedure carried on by or under the supervision of a veterinary surgeon and includes castration.	United Kingdom	2000 No. 2335 (W. 152)
veterinary treatment	treatment, other procedure or castration, carried out by or under the supervision of a veterinary surgeon;	United Kingdom	2002 No. 240
vettable position	a State office, public office or position in either level of government requiring the holder of the position to have, in the performance of his or her official duties, access to sensitive or classified information or any other position as may be required under any written law.	Kenya	NO. 28 OF 2012
vetting disclosure	a disclosure made by the Bureau in respect of the person under section 14 ;	Ireland	Number 47 of 2012
vetting panel	the panel established by the Chief Constable under regulation 12(1) of the police recruitment regulations.	United Kingdom	2002 No. 258
viaduct strengthening	pile strengthening, works to attach steel plates to DLRL’s railway viaduct and such other works to strengthen DLRL’s railway viaduct as DLRL thinks fit.	United Kingdom	2007 No. 2297
via	of transport occurs, etc.	European Union	31977D0415
vibration or substantial change in temperature.	of maintaining a seal, such as a shrink-wrap band or heat-sealed liner. Additionally, laboratory studies conducted on behalf of PHMSA and FAA concluded that a simple application of tape on a screw-type closure prevented “back-off” under even extreme conditions.	United States	77 FR 22504
vibration requirements	it shall be fixed to the vehicle in such a way that under normal driving conditions, it neither moves so as to change the field of vision, nor vibrates to an extent which would cause the driver to misinterpret the nature of the image received.	United Kingdom	2004 No. 484
vibration-induced white finger	traumatic vasospasm of at least two distal phalanges of three or more digits of one hand, occurring without seasonal intermission;	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2007/en/si/01...
vice chairman	the vice chairman of the Authority.	United Kingdom	2007 No. 3204
vice-chairman	the person elected as such under regulation 4.	United Kingdom	1998 No. 1964
vice-chairperson	the vice-chairperson of the Commission appointed under Article 233(2) of the Constitution.	Kenya	NO. 13 OF 2012
vice-principal	a teacher who is appointed to be in charge of a school in the absence of the principal. (“directeur adjoint”)  R.S.O. 1990, c. P.35, s. 1; 1996, c. 12, s. 65; 1997, c. 31, s. 167 (1-4); 2006, c. 10, s. 65; 2006, c. 19, Sched. L, s. 11 (3).	Canada	www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90p35
vicinity	land within a reasonable distance, not exceeding 100 metres, of the premises.	Ireland	Number 16 of 2003
victim advocate	a person, whether paid or serving as a volunteer, who provides services to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or dating violence under the auspices or supervision of a victim services program.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
victim assistant	a person, whether paid or serving as a volunteer, who provides services to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, or dating violence under the auspices or supervision of a court or a law enforcement or prosecution agency.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
victim impact statement	any statement relating to any harm suffered by any person as a direct result of an offence, which includes physical bodily harm or psychological or psychiatric harm.	Singapore	Cap. 68
victim of human trafficking	a victim within the meaning of Article 4 of the Trafficking Convention.	United Kingdom	2015 No. 238
victim of identity theft	a person who has filed with an appropriate law enforcement agency a criminal complaint alleging commission of an offense under Section 32.51, Penal Code.	United States	BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE - T
victim service provider	a nonprofit, nongovernmental or tribal organization or rape crisis center, including a State or tribal coalition, that assists or advocates for domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims, including domestic violence shelters, faith-based organizations, and other organizations, with a documented history of effective work concerning domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
victim services	services that assist domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims, including services offered by rape crisis centers and domestic violence shelters, and other organizations, with a documented history of effective work concerning domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
victim(s)	a person(s) who has been subjected to spousal violence.	Japan	Act No. 31 of 2001
victim	a person killed in a highway accident while operating or riding on a motorcycle.	United States	TRANSPORTATION CODE - Title 6
victim	a victim of voilence;	Ireland	Number 9 of 1999
video arcade facility	any facility, legally accessible to persons under 18 years of age, intended primarily for the use of pinball and video machines for amusement containing a minimum of ten pinball and/or video machines.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
video camera	apparatus designed or adapted for capturing visual images (with or without sound) and converting the same into signals;	United Kingdom	1997 No. 1842
video description	the insertion of audio narrated descriptions of a television program's key visual elements into natural pauses between the program's dialogue.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
video or visual display component	a vacuum tube, composed primarily of glass, which is the video or visual display component of an electronic device”. This definition would encompass all the different types of CRTs mentioned by the commenters.	United States	71 FR 42928
video programming vendor	a person engaged in the production, creation, or wholesale distribution of video programming for sale.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
video programming	programming by, or generally considered comparable to programming provided by a television broadcast station, but not including consumer-generated media (as defined in section 153 of this title).	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
video recorder	apparatus designed or adapted to be used for the purposes of making or playing back video recordings;	United Kingdom	1997 No. 1842
video recording	any disc, magnetic tape or any other device capable of storing data electronically containing information by the use of which the whole or a part of a video work may be produced;	United Kingdom	1997 No. 1842
video recording	any disc, magnetic tape or solid state recording device containing information by the use of which one or more series of visual images may be produced electronically and shown as a moving picture.	Singapore	Cap. 257
video tape service provider	any person, engaged in the business, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, of rental, sale, or delivery of prerecorded video cassette tapes or similar audio visual materials, or any person or other entity to whom a disclosure is made under subparagraph (D) or (E) of subsection (b)(2), but only with respect to the information contained in the disclosure.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
videoconferencing technology	technology that provides for a conference of individuals in different locations, connected by electronic means, through audio, video, or both.	United States	GOVERNMENT CODE - Title 4 - Ch
videorecording	any recording, on any medium, from which a moving image may be produced and includes the accompanying soundtrack, and cognate words shall be construed accordingly.	Ireland	Number 7 of 2008
videotape	the reproduction of the images and sounds of a program or programs broadcast by a television broadcast station licensed by the Federal Communications Commission, regardless of the nature of the material objects, such as tapes or films, in which the reproduction is embodied.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
view service	a service described in regulation 8(2)(b).	United Kingdom	2009 No. 440
vine fruits	muscatels, raisins, sultanas or currants.	United Kingdom	2004 No. 553 (W. 56)
vine varieties	varieties of plants of Vitis Vinifera without prejudice to any legislation a Party may have in respect of the use of different vine varieties in wine produced in that Party;	European Union	22002A1230(01)
vintage limousine	a limousine whose date of first registration was prior to 1 January 1980;	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2014/en/si/01...
vintage vehicles	historic vehicles, or vehicles of value to collectors, or vehicles intended for museums, for which a period of 30 years or more has elapsed since such vehicles were first registered and which are kept in a proper and environmentally sound manner, either ready for use or stripped into parts.	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2014/en/si/02...
vinyl chloride Directive	Council Directive No. 78/142/EEC of 30 January 1978, Commission Directive No. 88/766/EEC of 8 July 1980 and Commission Directive No. 81/432/EEC of 29 April 1981.	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2006/en/si/01...
violating matter	matter that is the subject of a violation under section 1125(a) of this title.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
violation	a contravention of a provision that is designated as a violation by the regulations.	Canada	S.C. 1994, c. 40
violence	any criminal force or harm to a person, or any criminal mischief to property, or any threat or offer of that force,harm or mischief, or the carrying or use of any dangerous or offensive weapon so that terror is likely to be caused to any person, or conduct as is likely to cause in any person a reasonable apprehension of criminal force, harm or mischief, to him or to his property.	Kenya	CAP. 472
violent prisoner	any individual in the custody of a State or an inferior political subdivision of a State who has previously been convicted of or is currently charged with a crime of violence or any similar statute of a State or the inferior political subdivisions of a State, or any attempt thereof.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
virgin material	a raw material, including previously unused copper, aluminum, lead, zinc, iron, or other metal or metal ore, any undeveloped resource that is, or with new technology will become, a source of raw materials.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
virus	the African swine fever virus.	United Kingdom	2003 No. 3273 (W. 323)
virus	the African swine fever virus;	United Kingdom	2003 No. 2913
visa	a visa, entry certificate, entry permit or other document which is to be taken as evidence of a person’s eligibility for entry into a country or territory (other than a work permit).	United Kingdom	2013 No. 617
visceral organ	the heart, kidney, liver, or other organ or tissue that requires a patient support system to maintain the viability of the organ or tissue.	United States	HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE - Title
viscera	offal from the thoracic, abdominal and pelvic cavities including the trachea, the oesophagus and, in relation to birds, the crop;	United Kingdom	1995 No. 540
visible radiation	optical radiation of wavelength range exceeding 380 nm and not exceeding 780 nm.	United Kingdom	2010 No. 2987
visible	visible as a route to a person with normal eyesight walking or riding along it.	United Kingdom	2005 No. 3459
visit visa	an entry clearance granted for the purpose of entry to the United Kingdom as a visitor under the immigration rules.	United Kingdom	2000 No. 1161
visitation determination	a judgment, decree, or other order of a court providing for the visitation of a child and includes permanent and temporary orders and initial orders and modifications.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
visitation	the visitation of a university directed by the Chancellor under section 38(3)(b).	Kenya	No. 42 of 2012
visited network	of arrangements with the operator of the home network;’;	European Union	32009R0544
visiting care for persons with severe disabilities	to afford the benefits comprehensively for persons with severe physical disabilities, who need nursing care continuously with care in their residences, to support meals, bath, elimination and the other benefits prescribed in Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and nursing care during transportation when they go out.	Japan	Act No. 123 of 2005
visiting committee	the visiting committee to Unit A Castlerea.	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/1996/en/si/03...
visiting force	any body, contingent or detachment of a country’s forces which is for the time being or is to be present in Scotland on the invitation of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom.	United Kingdom	2015 No. 93
visiting force	any body, contingent or detachment of country’s forces which is for the time being or is to be present in the United Kingdom on the invitation of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom;	United Kingdom	2003 No. 2867
visiting health professional from a relevant European State	a person registered in exercise of entitlement under article 13A (visiting health professionals from relevant European States).”.	United Kingdom	2007 No. 3101
visiting nurse or midwife from a relevant European State	a nurse or midwife registered in exercise of entitlement under article 39A (visiting general systems nurses from relevant European States) or Schedule 2A (visiting midwives, and certain visiting nurses, from relevant European States); and”.	United Kingdom	2007 No. 3101
visiting patient	an individual for whom a Member State other than the United Kingdom is the Member State of Affiliation within the meaning of Article 3(c) of the Directive.	United Kingdom	2013 No. 300
visiting patient	an individual for whom a member State other than the United Kingdom is the member State of Affiliation within the meaning of Article 3(c) of the Directive 2011/24/EU;	United Kingdom	2015 No. 27
visiting practitioner	a person to whom this Schedule applies;	United Kingdom	2008 No. 1331
visiting vehicle	a vehicle brought temporarily into Northern Ireland by a person resident outside the United Kingdom;	United Kingdom	2000 No. 169
visitor’s admittance card	a card entitling a person other than a levy or export charge payer or proxy to attend a general meeting;	Australia	https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/C20...
visitors’ car park	the car park enclosure under the southern end of the forecourt.	Australia	https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F20...
visitors	persons appointed under article 16.	United Kingdom	2002 No. 253
visitor	a person not ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland.	United Kingdom	2005 No. 551
visitor	a person not ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland;	United Kingdom	2009 No. 121
visit	a continuous period of time during which an officer is reasonably absent from his work place for the purposes of conducting an examination and includes time spent in conducting the examination, time reasonably spent in travel wholly undertaken for the purposes of an examination wholly or partly conducted at a place other than the officer’s work place, any period in which overnight accommodation (including a berth on a boat or train) is reasonably occupied (an “overnight stay”) and any other rest periods reasonably taken whilst so absent.	United Kingdom	1997 No. 3051
visual depiction	which is capable of conversion into a visual image, and data which is capable of conversion into a visual image that has been transmitted by any means, whether or not stored in a permanent format;	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
visual effects	digital alterations to a film’s images.	United Kingdom	2007 No. 1050
visual flight conditions	weather conditions such that the pilot is able to fly by visual reference to objects outside the aircraft;	United Kingdom	2005 No. 1970
visual flight rules (VFR)	the rules contained in Part III of the Schedule to the Irish Aviation Authority (Rules of the Air) Order, 2001;	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2002/en/si/04...
visual meteorological conditions (VMC)	meteorological conditions expressed in terms of visibility, distance from cloud and ceiling equal to or better than the minima specified in Part III of the Schedule to the Irish Aviation Authority (Rules of the Air) Order, 2001.	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2002/en/si/04...
visual recording	the fixation of a sequence of images on an object and also the production of one or more copies of such fixation;	Japan	Act No. 48 of 1970
visual traffic pattern	the aerodrome traffic zone of the aerodrome, or, in the case of an aerodrome which is not notified for the purposes of rule 39 of the Rules of the Air, the air space which would comprise the aerodrome traffic zone of the aerodrome if it was so notified.	United Kingdom	1995 No. 1970
visually impaired	blind or partially sighted.	United Kingdom	2003 No. 1662
vital services by-law	a by-law passed under section 216.  2006, c. 17, s. 215.	Canada	www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/06r17
vital service	hot or cold water, fuel, electricity, gas or, during the part of each year prescribed by the regulations, heat. (“service essentiel”)  2006, c. 17, s. 2 (1); 2013, c. 3, s. 21.	Canada	www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/06r17
vitamin D deficiency	a serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level of less than 50 nanomoles per litre.	Australia	https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F20...
vitamin D	the anti rachitic vitamins.	United Kingdom	2008 No. 216
vocational goal	a gainful employment status consistent with a veteran's abilities, aptitudes, and interests.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
vocational program	instruction in the skills and knowledge required in order to obtain employment in a prescribed vocation. (“programme de formation professionnelle”)  2005, c. 28, Sched. L, s. 1 (1); 2009, c. 33, Sched. 25, s. 5 (1).	Canada	www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/05p28
vocational rehabilitation program	a program authorized under a provision covered under paragraph (13)(D).	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
vocational school	an organization that is established and operated primarily to provide students with correspondence courses, or instruction in courses, that develop or enhance students’ occupational skills.	Canada	R.S.C., 1985, c. E-15
vocational trainee	a dentist performer who is employed as a vocational trainee as a consequence of a placement arrangement made by a local postgraduate dental dean or a director of postgraduate dental education;”.	United Kingdom	2006 No. 600
vocational trainee	a dentist performer who is employed as a vocational trainee as a consequence of a placement arrangement made by a local postgraduate dental dean or a director of postgraduate dental education;	United Kingdom	2008 No. 256
vocational training	training for work as defined in regulation 2 for the purposes of section 30C(6) and includes any training, instruction or tuition (of which the primary purpose is the teaching of occupational or vocational skills) received on a course provided, for persons suffering mental or physical disability, by a person recognised by the Department;	United Kingdom	2000 No. 404
voice telephony service	a service available to the public for the commercial provision of direct transport of real-time speech via the public switched network or networks such that any user can use equipment connected to a network termination point at a fixed location to communicate with another user of equipment connected to another termination point.	United Kingdom	1998 No. 1580
voice telephony service	the commercial provision for the public of direct transport of real-time speech via the public switched telephone network or networks such that any user can use equipment connected to a network termination point to communicate with another user of equipment connected to another network termination point;	United Kingdom	1997 No. 1886
voice telephony	the commercial provision for the public of the direct transport and switching of speech in real-time between public switched network termination points, enabling any user to use equipment connected to such a network termination point in order to communicate with another such termination point.	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/1997/en/si/04...
voids	the monetary value of rent lost by a registered social landlord for properties that are not let.	United Kingdom	2007 No. 165
volatile organic compound	any organic compound having an initial boiling point less than or equal to 250°C measured at a standard pressure of 101,3 kPa;	United Kingdom	2005 No. 2773
volume assessment	an assessment under section 39 of relevant disposals of petroleum products.	Ireland	Number 7 of 2007
volume of absolute ethyl alcohol	such volume measured at twenty degrees Celsius (20°C).	Canada	R.S.C., 1985, c. E-14
volume reallocation window	the period during which capacity providers may submit capacity market volume reallocation notifications under capacity market rules.	United Kingdom	2014 No. 2043
volume restructuring project	a restructuring project involving the addition, removal or redistribution of a volume of earth or other material in relation to land.	United Kingdom	2007 No. 2933 (W. 253)
volumetric prover	a tank or prover pipe with a capacity not exceeding 10 cubic metres intended to be used for the calibration of metering equipment or the measurement of petroleum fuel deliveries and which is structurally attached to, or is an integral part of, the frame of a vehicle.	United Kingdom	1996 No. 2094
volumetric prover	a tank or prover pipe with a capacity not exceeding 10 m3 intended to be used for the calibration of metering equipment or the measurement of petroleum fuel deliveries and which is structurally attached to, or is an integral part of, the frame of a vehicle;	United Kingdom	1996 No. 2095
volume	a volume of electrical generating capacity or DSR capacity in a time period, expressed in MWh;	United Kingdom	2014 No. 2043
volume	a volume of the annual Statutes of Canada.	Canada	C.R.C., c. 1367
voluntary accreditation	any permission, setting out rights and obligations specific to the provision of certification services, to be granted upon request by the certification-service-provider concerned by the person charged with the elaboration of, and supervision of compliance with, such rights and obligations, where the certification-service-provider is not entitled to exercise the rights stemming from the permission until he has received the decision of that person.	United Kingdom	2002 No. 318
voluntary agreement	an agreement established under section 12 .	Ireland	Number 3 of 2012
voluntary arrangement	an individual voluntary arrangement under Article 237A;	United Kingdom	2006 No. 47
voluntary assistant	a member of the credit union who, although not an officer of the credit union, is engaged in any way (but without remuneration) in the operation of the credit union.	Ireland	Number 15 of 1997
voluntary association	an association, club, society, organisation or other body (whether corporate or unincorporate) which provides facilities to its members and is not a business, or part of a business, conducted for profit; and “member” in relation to such an association shall exclude a person who is made a member solely in connection with the sale to him by the association of a course of instruction;	United Kingdom	1996 No. 772
voluntary body	a voluntary body which provides or proposes to provide a service similar or ancillary to a service that a health board may provide;	Ireland	Number 13 of 1999
voluntary building energy code	a building energy code developed and updated through a consensus process among interested persons, such as that used by the Council of American Building Officials; the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers; or other appropriate organizations.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
voluntary competitive tendering	the award (whether or not to the defined authority conducting the process) of work following a competitive process in the course of which at least three persons who are not defined authorities were invited to tender for that work.”.	United Kingdom	1997 No. 2649
voluntary contribution rights	rights under an occupational pension scheme that derive from voluntary contributions made by the applicant.”.	United Kingdom	2006 No. 717
voluntary contributions scheme	an FSAVC scheme or an AVC scheme.	United Kingdom	1995 No. 639
voluntary contributions scheme	of additional voluntary contributions;	United Kingdom	1995 No. 636
voluntary contributions	voluntary contributions which a member may choose to pay to the Provident Fund or Pension Fund in order to secure benefits;	Kenya	No. 45 of 2013
voluntary deduction from earnings arrangement	an arrangement under which the liable person and his employer agree that payments of child support maintenance are to be deducted from the liable person’s earnings and paid to the Department.”.	United Kingdom	2006 No. 273
voluntary early test	a test carried out more than 90 days before a test due date.	Ireland	www.irishstatutebook.ie/2014/en/si/03...
voluntary fee	a fee that is charged only to those students who make use of the student service for which the fee is established.	United States	EDUCATION CODE - Title 3 - Cha
voluntary hospital	of an arrangement with the Authority or an Area Health Board under section 10 and the governing body of which is not the Authority or an Area Health Board or any committee of those;	Ireland	Number 13 of 1999
voluntary intellectual disability service provider	of an arrangement with the Authority or an Area Health Board under section 10 and the governing body of which is not the Authority or an Area Health Board or any committee of those;	Ireland	Number 13 of 1999
voluntary licensed supplier	a licensed supplier which is not a mandatory licensed supplier.	United Kingdom	2014 No. 2511
voluntary patient	a person receiving care and treatment in an approved centre who is not the subject of an admission order or a renewal order.	Ireland	Number 25 of 2001
voluntary preparedness standards	a common set of criteria for preparedness, disaster management, emergency management, and business continuity programs, such as the American National Standards Institute's National Fire Protection Association Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs (ANSI/NFPA 1600).	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
voluntary register	the voluntary register of pharmacy technicians maintained by the Society before the coming into force of article 21.	United Kingdom	2007 No. 289
voluntary service provider	a voluntary body which provides a service by arrangement with the Authority or an Area Health Board in accordance with section 10 .	Ireland	Number 13 of 1999
voluntary termination	an air ambulance supplier that submits written confirmation to CMS of its decision to discontinue enrollment in the Medicare program.	United States	75 FR 73169
voluntary trade	a trade prescribed by a Board regulation as a voluntary trade. (“métier à accréditation facultative”) 2009, c. 22, s. 1.	Canada	www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/09o22
voluntary vocational training certificate	a vocational training certificate or a letter confirming that a dentist has completed vocational training on or before 30th September 1994 and signed in Scotland by the Chairman of the Scottish Dental Vocational Training Committee or an officer of a regional committee for postgraduate dental education, in England and Wales by a postgraduate dental dean or Director of postgraduate dental education, and in Northern Ireland by the Adviser in vocational training.	United Kingdom	1996 No. 177 (S. 14)
voluntary work	work other than for a member of the claimant’s family, where no payment is received by the claimant or the only payment due to be made to the claimant by virtue of being so engaged is a payment in respect of any expenses reasonably incurred by the claimant in the course of being so engaged;	United Kingdom	2013 No. 378
voluntary work	work where no payment is received by the relevant person or the only payment due to be made to the relevant person by virtue of being so engaged is a payment in respect of any expenses reasonably incurred by the relevant person in the course of being so engaged.	United Kingdom	2015 No. 967
voluntary youth work organisation	an organisation providing a youth work programme or a youth work service, or both, otherwise than for profit;	Ireland	Number 42 of 2001
voluntary	the submittal thereof in the absence of such agency's exercise of legal authority to compel access to or submission of such information and may be accomplished by a single entity or an Information Sharing and Analysis Organization on behalf of itself or its members.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
volunteer armed forces	a member of the Force who joins it of his own volition but does not include a national serviceman.	Singapore	Cap. 90, RG 4
volunteer deputy registrar	a deputy registrar appointed under this section.	United States	ELECTION CODE - Title 2 - Chap
volunteer driver	a person who drives a mechanically propelled vehicle in the course of providing a community transport service and receives no reward for his or her services other than the payment to him or her of any reasonable costs and expenses incurred by him or her.	Ireland	Number 37 of 2013
volunteer fire company	an association of individuals who provide fire protection and other emergency services, where at least 30 percent of the individuals receive little or no compensation compared with an entry level full-time paid individual in that association or in the nearest such association with an entry level full-time paid individual.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
volunteer fire department	a fire department that has an all-volunteer force of firefighting personnel.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
volunteer labour	any service provided free of charge by a person outside their working hours, but does not include such a service provided by a person who is self-employed if the service is one that is normally charged for by that person.	Canada	SOR/2010-20
volunteers	plants of a species and variety that have grown from seed that was not deliberately sown as part of the crop.	United Kingdom	2005 No. 329
volunteers	plants of a species and variety that have grown from seed that was not deliberately sown as part of the crop;	United Kingdom	2005 No. 328
volunteer	a person who has presented himself for boarding under the conditions laid down in Article 3(2) and responds positively to the air carrier's call for passengers prepared to surrender their reservation in exchange for benefits.	European Union	32004R0261
volunteer	a person who is engaged in voluntary work otherwise than for a relative, where the only payment received or due to be paid to the person by virtue of being so engaged is in respect of any expenses reasonably incurred by the person in connection with that work;	United Kingdom	2013 No. 379
vote by secret ballot	a vote by ballots cast in such a manner that a person expressing his or her choice cannot be identified with the choice expressed. (“scrutin secret”)  2008, c. 15, ss. 1, 83 (1).	Canada	www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/08c15
voter declaration form	a form that, when completed, sets out the information required by section 8.	Canada	SOR/2006-254
voter registration activity	to urge or encourage them to register to vote. As explained further below, the new definition excludes brief, incidental exhortations to register to vote, consistent with the court's decision.	United States	75 FR 55257
voter’s card	a card issued to a voter as evidence of the voter’s registration in a register of voters;	Kenya	CAP. 7
voter	a person entitled to vote on his or her own behalf.	United Kingdom	2012 No. 323
voter	a person who appears on the fish merchant register on the qualification day;	United Kingdom	1996 No. 197
vote	a coherent area of Government expenditure which is the responsibility of a single Government Department or office which is in turn accountable to the Dáil for the expenditure shown.	Ireland	Number 8 of 2004
voting age population	in the case of a candidate for the office of Senator, the voting age population of the State of the candidate (as certified under subsection (e)).	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
voting area	a London borough or the City of London.	United Kingdom	1998 No. 746
voting by category arrangements	arrangements of a kind referred to in regulation 5(2).	United Kingdom	2001 No. 3711 (W. 307)
voting capital	FDIC-insured deposits as of the voting record date. Annual and special meetings shall be conducted in accordance with the most current edition of Robert's Rules of Order or any other set of written procedures agreed to by the board of directors.	United States	76 FR 56507
voting card	a card issued to a registered levy payer or that payer’s proxy under regulation 20.	Australia	https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/C20...
voting machine	an apparatus on which voters cast their votes, that records each vote, and that furnishes a total of the number of votes cast on the machine at a poll at the election or, as the case may be, cast at a referendum;	Ireland	Number 38 of 2001
voting materials	registration or voting notices, forms, instructions, assistance, or other materials or information relating to the electoral process, including ballots;	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
voting member	a member appointed by virtue of article 3(1)(a) or (b) or article 5(2)(a) or (b).	United Kingdom	2014 No. 285
voting period	the period beginning 14 days before polling day and ending 9 days before polling day.	Canada	SOR/2010-20
voting period	the period specified as such in the notice issued by the Commission in relation to an election;	Kenya	CAP. 7
voting rights	rights to vote at general meetings of the company in question, including rights that arise only in certain circumstances.	United Kingdom	2008 No. 410
voting rights	rights to vote at general meetings of the company in question, including rights that arise only in certain circumstances;	United Kingdom	2006 No. 1183
voting securities	any securities which at present or upon conversion entitle the owner or holder thereof to vote for the election of directors of the issuer or, with respect to unincorporated issuers, persons exercising similar functions.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
voting security	a voting security of a domestic insurer the acquisition of which requires the filing of a statement under Section 823.154 as a condition precedent.	United States	INSURANCE CODE - Title 6 - Cha
voting share capital	issued shares carrying rights to vote in all or substantially all circumstances at general meetings of the undertaking; and, in determining for the purposes of this Order whether any shares carry rights to vote as aforesaid, any temporary suspension of voting rights attaching to those shares shall be ignored.	United Kingdom	1998 No. 1130
voting shares	shares carrying voting rights attributable to share capital which are exercisable in all circumstances at any general meeting of that body corporate.	United Kingdom	2001 No. 544
voting share	a share carrying a voting right under all circumstances or under some circumstances that have occurred and are continuing, and includes a security currently convertible into such a share and currently exercisable options and rights to acquire such a share or such a convertible security.	Canada	S.C. 1991, c. 10
voting share	a share of any class of shares of a body corporate carrying voting rights under all circumstances or by reason of an event that has occurred and is continuing or by reason of a condition that has been fulfilled;	Canada	S.C. 1991, c. 46
voting system equipment	any kind of mechanical, electro-mechanical or electronic apparatus for use in a voting system.	Ireland	Number 15 of 2004
voting system technician	a person who as a vocation repairs, assembles, maintains, or operates voting system equipment.	United States	ELECTION CODE - Title 8 - Chap
voting system	a method of casting and counting votes that is designed to function wholly or partly by use of mechanical, electro-mechanical or electronic apparatus and includes the procedures for casting and counting votes and the programmes, operating manuals, printouts and other software necessary for the system's operation;	Ireland	Number 15 of 2004
voting territory	an area that is established by or under section 180.	Canada	SOR/2010-20
voucher holder	someone to whom a voucher has been issued in accordance with regulation 4.	United Kingdom	2003 No. 1216
voucher	a voucher issued under regulation 15(2).	United Kingdom	1997 No. 2439
voyage data recorder	the electronic or mechanical equipment which may be installed on a ship to record key navigational and control information.	United Kingdom	2005 No. 881
voyage period	a pay period comprising an entire voyage or series of voyages (including any period of leave on pay which immediately follows the day on which the termination of that voyage or series of voyages occurs);	United Kingdom	2001 No. 1004
voyage	a journey from a port to the next port of call of a ship (which may be the same port).	United Kingdom	1995 No. 1802
voyage	the flight of the aircraft from its point of origin via any intermediate points to its point of termination;	United Kingdom	2008 No. 436
voyeuristic recording	a visual recording within the meaning of subsection 162(2) that is made as described in subsection 162(1).	Canada	R.S.C., 1985, c. C-46
vulnerability assessment	the identification of weaknesses in the security of a chemical facility of interest.	United States	uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre...
vulnerable adult	a person aged 18 or over who is receiving services of a type listed in paragraph (2) below and in consequence of a condition of a type listed in paragraph (3) below has a disability of a type listed in paragraph (4) below.	United Kingdom	2002 No. 446
vulnerable building	a building of 4 storeys or more above ground with a curtain-wall construction, that is to say where the masonry, glass or other cladding is suspended from the structural framework of the building.	United Kingdom	2006 No. 425
vulnerable marine ecosystem indicator species	antipatharians, gorgonians, cerianthid anemone fields, lophelia, and sea penfields.	European Union	32009R0679
vulnerable person	a person who, by reason of an impairment or insufficiency of his or her personal faculties, is not able to support him or herself.	European Union	22011A0722(02)