volens

I heard of one case here in England (unreported, the barrister was a friend-of-a-friend) where a lorry driver who went through a red light and hit a cyclist was held not to be liable because the lorry driver's barrister persuaded the judge that riding a bicycle through Manchester city centre was so recklessly foolhardy that the cyclist was "volens" as to the risk ...

Define That Term #207 2009

So a defendant to a claim of negligence has a defence if the plaintiff was "volens" as to the risk - i.e. had behaved so recklessly as to have brought their misfortune upon themselves, even if the defendant might ordinarily have been liable for negligence.

Define That Term #207 2009

It should be of that nature his business, which volens nolens he must necessarily undergo, and without great loss, mulct, shame, or hindrance, he may not omit.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

“Jim,” nolens volens, dragged me along with a patience and skill, and withal a determination that I should ascend the

A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains 2007

The most important and far-reaching justification of toleration, however, is the principle credere non potest nisi volens, which holds that only faith based on inner conviction is pleasing to God, and that such faith has to develop from within, without external compulsion.

Toleration Forst, Rainer 2007

The result to me is that, nolens volens, I must go up to Estes Park, where I can live without ready money, and remain there till things change for the better.

A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains 2007

Clamore vestium ad se juvenes vocat; capilli fasciolis comprimuntur crispati, cingulo pectus arctatur, capilii vel in frontem, vel in aures defluunt: palliolum interdum cadit, ut nudet humeros, et quasi videri noluerit, festinans celat, quod volens detexerit.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

One day it will take my in its complete grip and then I will have to sit down and write it, nolens volens.

Where Do Little Stories Come From, Mummy? Sharon Bakar 2005

Heremon, nolens volens, brood our pansies, brune in brume.

Finnegans Wake 2006

Licet multa et varia de ritibus et conditionibus huius mundi enarrentur a multis, ego tamen frater Odoricus de foro Iulij de portu Vahonis, volens ad partes infidelium transfretare, magna et mira vidi et audiui, quæ possum veracitèr enarrare.

The Journal of Friar Odoric 2004