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UBERRIMA FIDES.
Perfect good faith; abundant good faith. 2. This phrase is used to express that a contract must be made in pe |
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UKAAS, or UKASE.
The name of a law or ordinance emanating from the czar of Russia. |
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ULLAGE,
com. law. When a cask is gauged, what it wants of being full is called ullage. |
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ULTIMATUM.
The last proposition made in making a contract, a treaty, and the like; as, the government of the United State |
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ULTIMUM SUPPLICIUM.
The last or extreme punishment; the penalty of death. |
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ULTIMUS HAERES.
The last or remote heir; the lord. So called in contra-dis-tinction to the haeredes proximus, (q. v.) and the |
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UMPIRAGE.
The decision of an umpire. This word is used for the judgment of an umpire, as the word award is employed to d |
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UMPIRE.
A person selected by two or more arbitrators. When they are authorize to do so by the submission of the partie |
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UNA VOCE.
With one voice unanimously. |
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UNALIENABLE
. The state of a thing or right which cannot be sold. 2. Things which are not in commerce, as public roads, a |
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UNANIMITY.
The agreement of all the persons concerned in a thing in design and opinion. 2. Generally a simple majority ( |
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UNCERTAINTY.
That which is unknown or vague. Vide Certainty. |
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UNCONDITIONAL CONTRACT,
contracts. One which does not depend upon any condition whatever. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 730. |
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UNCONDITIONAL.
That which is without condition; that which must be performed without regard to what has happened or may happe |
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UNCONSCIONABLE BARGAIN,
contracts. A contract which no man in his senses, not under delusion, would make, on the one hand, and which n |
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UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
That which is contrary to the constitution. 2. When an act of the legislature is repugnant or contrary to the |
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UNCORE PRIT,
pleading. This barbarous phrase of old French, which is the same with encore pret, yet ready, is used in a ple |
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UNDE NIHIL HABET.
Of which she has nothing. When no dower had been assigned to the widow during the time prescribed by law, she |
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UNDER-SHERIFF.
A deputy of a sheriff. The principal is called high-sheriff, and the deputy the under-sheriff. Vide 1 Phil . E |
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UNDER-TENANT.
One who holds by virtue of an underlease. (q. v.) See Subtenant. |
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UNDER-TUTOR,
law of Louisiana. In every tutorship, there shall be an undertutor, whom it shall be the duty of the judge to |
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UNDERLEASE,
contracts. An alienation by a tenant of a part of his lease, reserving to himself a reversion; it differs from |
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UNDERTAKING,
contracts. An engagement by one of the parties to a contract to the other, and not the mutual engagement of th |
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UNDERTOOK.
Assumed; promised. 2. This is a technical word which ought to be inserted in every declaration of assumpsit, |
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UNDERWRITER,
insurances. One who signs a policy of insurance, by which he becomes an insurer. 2. By this act he places him |
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UNDIVIDED.
That which is held by the same title by two or more persons, whether their rights are equal, as to value or qu |
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UNICA TAXATIO,
practice. The ancient language of a special award of venire, where of several defendants, one pleads, and one |
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UNILATERAL CONTRACT,
civil law. When the party to whom an engagement is made, makes no express agreement on his part, the contract |
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UNINTELLIGIBLE.
That which cannot be understood. 2. When a law, a contract, or will, is unintelligible, it has no effect what |
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UNIO PROLIUM
. A species of adoption used among the Germans; it signifies union of descent. It takes place when a widower, |
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UNION.
By this word is understood the United States of America; as, all good citizens will support the Union. |
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
The name of this country. The United States, now thirty-one in number, are Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Del |
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UNITY OF POSSESSION.
This term is used to designate the possession by one person of several estates or rights. For example, a right |
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UNITY,
estates. An agreement or coincidence of certain qualities in the title of a joint estate or an estate in commo |
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UNIVERSAL LEGACY.
A term used among civilians. An universal legacy is a testamentary disposition, by which the testator gives to |
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UNIVERSAL PARTNERSHIP.
The name of a specie's of partnership by which all the partners agree to put in common all their property, uni |
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UNIVERSITY.
The name given to certain societies or corporations which are seminaries of learning where youth are sent to f |
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UNJUST.
That which is done against the perfect rights of another; that which is against the established law; that whic |
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UNKNOWN.
When goods have been stolen from some person unknown, they may be so described in the indictment; but if the o |
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UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY,
crim. law. A disturbance of the public peace by three or more persons who meet together with an intent mutuall |
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UNLAWFUL.
That which is contrary to law. 2. There are two kinds of contracts which are unlawful; those which are void, |
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UNLAWFULLY,
pleadings. This word is frequently used in indictments in the description of the offence; it is necessary when |
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UNLIQUIDATED DAMAGES.
Such damages, as are unascertained. In general such damages cannot be set-off. No interest will be allowed on |
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UNSOUND MIND; UNSOUND MEMORY.
These words have been adopted in several statutes, and sometimes indiscriminately used to signify, not only lu |
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UNSOUNDNESS.
Vide Crib-biting; Roaring; Soundness. |
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UNWHOLESOME FOOD.
Food not fit to be eaten; food which, if eaten, would be injurious. 2. Although the law does not in general |
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UPLIFTED HAND
. When a man accused of a crime is arraigned, he is required to raise his hand, probably in order to identify |
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URBAN.
Relating to a city; but in a more general sense it signifies relating to houses. 2. It is used in this latter |
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USAGE.
Long and uniform practice. In its most extensive meaning this term includes custom and prescription, though it |
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USANCE,
commercial law. The term usance comes from usage, and signifies the time which by usage or custom is allowed i |
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USE,
civil law. A right of receiving so much of the natural profits of a thing as is necessary to daily sustenance; |
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USE,
estates. A confidence reposed in another, who was made tenant of the land or terre tenant, that he should disp |
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USEFUL.
That which may be put into beneficial practice. 2. The patent act of congress of July 4, 1836, sect. 6, in de |
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USHER.
This word is said to be derived from a huissier, and is the name of an inferior officer in some English courts |
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USUCAPTION,
civil law. The manner of acquiring property in things by the lapse of time required by law. 2. It differs fro |
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USUFRUCT,
civil law. The right of enjoying a thing, the property of which is vested in another, and to draw from the sam |
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USUFRUCTUARY,
civil law. One who has the right and enjoyment of an usufruct. 2. Domat, with his usual clearness, points out |
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USURPATION,
government. The tyrannical assumption of the government by force contrary to and in violation of the constitut |
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USURPATION,
torts. The unlawful assumption of the use of property which belongs to another; an interruption or the disturb |
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USURPED POWER,
insurance. By an article of the printed proposals which are considered as making a part of the contract of ins |
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USURPER
, government. One who assumes the right of government by force, contrary to and in violation of the constituti |
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USURY,
contracts. The illegal profit which is required and received by the lender of a sum of money from the borrower |
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UTERINE BROTHER,
domestic relations. A brother by the mother's side. |
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UTI POSSIDETIS.
This phrase, which means as you possess, is used in international law to signify that the parties to a treaty |
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UTTER BARRISTER,
English law, Those barristers who plead without the bar, and are distinguished from benchers, or those who hav |
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