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A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889

A Dictionary of Law

The last, extremest; literally, the furthest off, remotest.

Ultima ratio

The final argument; the last resort.

Ultimus haeres

The remote heir: in feudal law, the lord.

Ultimatum

The last proposition a party will make — toward negotiating a contract or a treaty; also, the result of the negotiation as expressed in the final determination.