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VIS

[Latin, Force or violence.] A term employed in many legal phrases and maxims, such as vis injuriosa, "wrongful force."

See: ability, coercion, compulsion, essence, faculty, force, impetus, import, importance, influence, life, meaning, power, pressure, significance, signification, stock, store, strength

VIS. A Latin word which signifies force. In law it means any kind of force, violence, or disturbance, relating to a man's person or his property.

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VIS will contain all the Schengen visa applications, as well as all the decisions made regarding these applications.

SCHENGEN : VISAS IN EU WILL NOW BE BASED ON BIOMETRIC DATA

The total value of VIS in the transaction is ISK65.

Kaupthing Bank hf sells 24% stake in VIS eignarhaldsfelag hf

A takeover would give VIS a back-door route to a stock market listing.

Takeover hope for games workers

I am picturing me in the cemetery on vis reading the names on the graves.

Vis

VIS is a central database to exchange data on short-stay (up to 3 month) visas between the Schengen States' authorities.

Albania : EU - SCHENGEN STATES' consulates in ALBANIA to use VIS

VIS President Leuh Fang says that the company has designated analog ICs to drive growth this year and expects sales to increase at least 25% YoY this year.

Vanguard Int'l semiconductor's capacity utilization rises

Ms Ludford was "not impressed" by the way the Commission had "in an obscure footnote" announced its plans to delegate to a member state the job of managing VIS, pending the creation of a VIS management agency.

JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS : KEY ISSUES ON VIS VISA DATABASE TO BE RESOLVED

With production of the other modules and headsets roughly pacing what's produced at the Manchester facility, Army officials estimate they can equip more than 2,000 vehicles per month with VIS.

New Vehicle Intercom System production facility helps meet growing demand from Iraq, total force units

Icelandic insurance group VIS seeks acquisitions in Denmark

Chris Van der Kuyl, 29, sold a fifth of his firm VIS Interactive to a group of investors led by Direct Holidays founder John Boyle.

Computer king's deal to create 240 jobs

What VIS promises, however, is hardly timid: content-based, digital, interactive, multimedia information delivered to both the living room and the classroom.