virtute officii (Late L.), by virtue of office.
vis a tergo (L.), compulsion from behind.
vis-à-vis (Fr.), opposite: facing.
vis comica (L.), comic power.
vis inertiæ (L.), the power of inertia: passive resistance.
vita brevis, ars longa (L.), life is short, art is long.
vita patris (L.), or v.p., in the father's lifetime.
vita sine litteris mors est (L.), life without literature is death.
vivat regina! (L.), long live the queen!
vivat rex! (L.), long live the king!