VOLUNTEERS, contracts. Persons who receive a voluntary conveyance. (q.v.) 
     2. It is a general rule of the courts of equity that they will not 
assist a mere volunteer who has a defective conveyance. Fonb. B. 1, c. 5, s. 
2, and See the note there for some exceptions to this rule. Vide, generally, 
1 Madd. Ch. 271,. 1 Supp. to Ves. jr. 320; 2 Id. 321; Powell on Mortg. 
Index, h.t. 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 3968-73. 

VOLUNTEERS, army. Persons who in time of war offer their services to their 
country and march in its defence. 
     2. Their rights and duties are prescribed by the municipal laws of the 
different states. But when in actual service they are subject to the laws of 
the United States and the articles of war.