Union
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In English poor-law. A union consiste of two or more parishes which have been consolidated for the better administration of the poor-law therein.
In ecclesiastical law
A union consists of two or more benefices which have been united into one benefice. Sweet. In public law. A popular term in America for the United States; also, in Great Britain, for the consolidated governments of England and Scotland, or for the political tie between Great Britain and Ireland.
In Scotch law
A "clause of union" is a clause in a fcoffment by which two estates, separated or not adjacent, are united as one, for the purpose of making a single seisin suffice for both.