vitiate
vitiate
definition
verb
development programs have been vitiated by the rise in population
spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of.
example
Under the old law a mistake would 'vitiate' the expert's determination if it could be shown that it affected the result.
I am not satisfied that the first or third of those matters affected the Judge's judgment to the point where any error should 'vitiate' that judgment.
There is abundant authority to show that such frauds as these 'vitiate' consent both in the case of rape and in the case of indecent assault.
There must be present some factor which could in law be regarded as coercion of will so as to 'vitiate' consent.
Multiple entitlements 'vitiate' demands based on prior existence, occupance, use and discovery.
There is nothing in the law which would allow me to 'vitiate' a fairly negotiated contract for lawful purposes.
That the singer, Cervantes' Don Quixote, is certainly delusional, possibly mad, doesn't 'vitiate' the song's potency.
The state's interest in effective crime-fighting should never 'vitiate' the citizens' Bill of Rights.
As a matter of natural justice and procedural fairness, if his departure is so radical as to 'vitiate' the agreement, that would have to be pursued.
Might this 'vitiate' the importance of the cover?
To what extent will imperfect, but still good, administration 'vitiate' the efficiency properties of the tax?
In a situation that involves a plurality of faiths, a common dress code thus strikes me as a medium of secular arbitration, a function that is 'vitiated' by a blatant divergence from the uniform.
For reasons already given we do not accept that the judge's self-direction was 'vitiated' by legal misdirection.
Is not your problem that the sentencing judge made mistakes which 'vitiated' his decision and enabled the Court of Criminal Appeal to exercise its own discretion?
It is our submission that the course adopted by the learned trial judge has 'vitiated' the verdict in a number of ways.
The error has the consequence of 'vitiating' the inspector's finding that the development does not accord with the policy.
Earlier art, music, or literature could reinterpret the Passion over and over again without 'vitiation' .
A bad guy is no longer simply the opposite of ‘good guy;’ the ensuing but signals the 'vitiation' of the villainous sting of depravity.
And why should he be made bankrupt if his apparent inability to pay is 'vitiated' by the counterclaim or cross-demand?
The way is never neglected, it simply is not exploited; for it is to De Sica's purpose to move in tandem with unelliptical life as closely as he dares without 'vitiating' motion-picture technique altogether.
Of course the appellate tribunal also has the power to overturn the Commissioners' conclusion on the ground of an error of law, but only if that error 'vitiates' the conclusion.
Finally, an apparently valid consent may be 'vitiated' if it is obtained by fraud, which includes cases where a professional deliberately withholds information in bad faith, or by misrepresenting the nature of the proposed care.
Overindulgence was the 'vitiator' of Junior's previously sweet disposition.
The claimants submit that that is a decision to which no reasonable planning authority could come and it 'vitiates' the defendant's consideration of the planning application.
While O'Herlihy's panel gives his show more depth, the comedy programme presented by Keane and Taylor is 'vitiated' by a cacophony of voices.
But in this same answer, that great saint recounts another admirable example of a great zeal, proceeding from a very good soul, which was however spoilt and 'vitiated' by the excess of anger which it had stirred up.
In the first place the market manager's presence and hearsay evidence 'vitiated' proceedings, it being against natural justice for a prosecutor to be present during deliberations.
Economic duress is unlikely to lead to the 'vitiation' of banking transactions.
They always intend to derive political mileage and are true 'vitiators' of India's progress.
One important issue is when an apparent consent will be 'vitiated' because it was given under duress or without full knowledge of the material facts.
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