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| UBERRIMA FIDES | | Perfect good faith; abundant good faith.</P><P>2. This phrase is used ... |
| UKAAS, or UKASE | | The name of a law or ordinance emanating from the ... |
| ULLAGE | | com. law. When a cask is gauged, what it wants ... |
| ULTIMATUM | | The last proposition made in making a contract, a treaty, ... |
| ULTIMUM SUPPLICIUM | | The last or extreme punishment; the penalty of death. ... |
| ULTIMUS HAERES | | The last or remote heir; the lord. So called in ... |
| UMPIRAGE | | The decision of an umpire. This word is used for ... |
| UMPIRE | | A person selected by two or more arbitrators. When they ... |
| UNA VOCE | | With one voice unanimously. ... |
| UNALIENABL | | The state of a thing or right which cannot be ... |
| UNANIMITY | | The agreement of all the persons concerned in a thing ... |
| UNCERTAINTY | | That which is unknown or vague. Vide Certainty. ... |
| UNCONDITIONAL | | That which is without condition; that which must be performed ... |
| UNCONDITIONAL CONTRACT | | contracts. One which does not depend upon any condition whatever. ... |
| UNCONSCIONABLE BARGAIN | | contracts. A contract which no man in his senses, not ... |
| UNCONSTITUTIONAL | | That which is contrary to the constitution.</P><P>2. When an act ... |
| UNCORE PRIT | | pleading. This barbarous phrase of old French, which is the ... |
| UNDE NIHIL HABET | | Of which she has nothing. When no dower had been ... |
| UNDER-SHERIFF | | deputy of a sheriff. The principal is called high-sheriff, and ... |
| UNDER-TENANT | | One who holds by virtue of an underlease. (q. v.) ... |
| UNDER-TUTOR | | law of Louisiana. In every tutorship, there shall be an ... |
| UNDERLEASE | | contracts. An alienation by a tenant of a part of ... |
| UNDERTAKING | | contracts. An engagement by one of the parties to a ... |
| UNDERTOOK | | Assumed; promised.</P><P>2. This is a technical word which ought to ... |
| UNDERWRITER | | insurances. One who signs a policy of insurance, by which ... |
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