A Law Dictionary and Glossary

I The most abundant or abounding good faith. A phrase of the Roman law, used in the modern books.

Lat. Wherever. Ubicunque est injuria, ibi damnum sequitur: wherever there is an injury, there a damage results. In English law. Ubicunque fuerimus in Anglia: wheresoever we shall b

I In the Roman law. An heiv to one-twelfch of an estate or inheritance.

sax. In Saxon law. One for whom no payment was to be made.

1. 1 In old English law. To discontinue; to intermit, disuse, interrupt.

I. I. In old English law. Aulnage, or alnage; ell or yard measure.

I I. In old English law. To measure by the ulna or ell; to measure cloth. Ultima,?. The last; the extremest,— literally, the remotest. Ultima ratio: the final argument; the last re

2. In old English law. The last heir,— applied to the lord to whom an escheat fell.

L The extreme. Ultimiim tempns pariendi: the extreme period of bearing; the extreme period between the conception and the birth of a child. In the civil law. Ulliranm snpplicium: t

/. Beyond; the ppposite of infra. Ultra tines inandatl: beyond the limits of the mandate; beyond the authority as an agent Ultra mare: beyond sea. Ultra petitia: beyond things dema

In Scots law. A volunteer witness. Um, un, om, on, L fr. A man; one; any one.

o. sc, In old Scots law. Obstructing or besetting.

I. The navel; the center of anything. The name given to the fourth and middle part of the Digests.

Decision by an umpire.

A person to whom a matter submitted to arbiti'ators is referred, in case of their disagreement, for final decision. Un, fr. One. Un bricfe fnit abatus: a writ was quashed. Un foltz

I I Together with. Una cum omnibns aliis: together with all other things, — in old conveyancing. Una persona vix potest snpplere vices duarum: one person can ha Vdly fill the place

11 In old English law. Unanimously; without dissent

II A guardian, keeper, or warden. Gnardianns prisons de le Fleet: warden of the Fleet

A bargain which no man in his senses would make, and which no honest man would accept; an inequitable bargain.

I. fr. Still: again; once more. Uncore prist: still ready, — formal words in the old plea of tender.

sax. In Saxon law. Unknown; a stranger, — a person entertained in the house of another on the first night of his entertainment.

I. Whence; wherefrom; whereof; whereupon. In old English law. Unde nihil liabet: whereof she hath nothing; the name of the writ of dower, which lay where no dower had been assigned

Without defense or denial. Under. Beneath, below; subordinate. Under age: not of the age of legal capacity. Under sherift: a person appointed by the sheriff to perform all his ordi

A lease granted by one who is himself a lessee for years for a term less than he himself holds.

In the law of marine insurance, an insurer, so called from his underwriting or subscribing the policy. The term is constantly applied to insurers, whether corporations or private p

I. I. In old English law. A single taxation.-^- the technical name of the award of the venire on the record, where damages on a default or demurrer were to be assessfd with those o

Conforming to one rule or standard.

The English statute of 3 Will. IV., c. 39, establishing a uniform process for the commencement of actions in the courts of law at Westminster.

Onesided. Unilateral contract: a contract in which the party to whom an engagement is made makes no express agreement on his part; a contract in which there is a promise on one sid

/. In old English law. Unity; the uniting of two or more things. Unitas juris: unity of right.

A similarity of estate among tenants in joint tenancy, consisting in unity of interest, of possession, of time, and of title. Unity of interest: one of the essential properties of

In the civil laio. A testamentary disposition to one or several persons of the whole of the property which the testator leaves at his deceasa

I In old English law. "We will that all of you know.

I. The entire right or estate.

I. The whole; all together. In old English law. The whole; all.

/. fr. Unknown.

sax. An unjust law.

In old Scots law. That which is done without law, or against law.

In Scots law. An amercement for not appearing in court

In American law. An assembly of three or more persons having no avowed legal object, under such circumstances as to excite terror and consternation in the neighborhooti, and to pro

I. A thing complete, entire. Universitas honor ttm: a, man's entire estate. \ In the civil law. A corporation aggregate; literally, a whole formed out of many individuals. Universi

I. Every one; everything. Uuumquodqne eodem luodo quo colligatam est, dissolvltnr,— quo constituitar, destrnitur: everything is [pi-oporly] dissolved by the same means by which it

I One thing, taken in a lump.

inflnita sequuntur, I. One absurdity being allowed, numbers without end follow. Uno flatn: in one breath; — et uno intuitu: in one breath and in one view.

I. fr. Ever; always. Unques prist: always ready, v. Tout temps prist.

War denounced without a declaration; war made upon special declaration.

A form in which an oath is sometimes taken, the right hand being held up while the oath is administered, instead of being laid on the Gospels.

The court of King's Bench, so called during the exile of Charles II.

The entire agreement or concurrence of a petit jury in their verdict, — all the jurors being of one and the same mind. Now

In the civil law. A servitude annexed to an urbam estate, or prcedium urbanum.

I. Jn the civil law. A city, — generally limited to the space withina the walls, but in its application to Rome, inclusive of the suburbs.

L fr. and eng. In old English law. Effect; practice.

The custom of a trade, either general or in a particular branchof business.

fr. The period fixed by usage as between countries for thepayment of bills of exchange.

Employment; application; profit, enjoyment; the right inequity to have the profit or benefit of lands or tenements, — originally a beneficial estate like a trust, but converted by

A person for whose use a suit is brought

l.fr. In old English law. The pursuing or bringing an action.

In Gothic law. A tribunal answering to the English court leet.

I. In old English law. Usual, ordinary. Usnalis annus: the ordinary year of three hundred and sixty-five days.

I, In the civil law. One who had the mere use of a thing of another, for the, supplying of his daily wants; an usuary.

I In the civil law. The acquisition of property 6y continued possession for a time defined bylaw, — a kind of prescription founded

I. In the civil law. The right of using and enjoying the profits of things belonging to another, without impairing the substance of the thiiigs themselves. Ut, t As; that; in order

I. I As far as; till; until. Usque ad coelum: as far as the heavens. Usque ad fllum aqua;: as far as the thread of the stream. Usque ad inferos: as far as the center of the earth.

I In the civil law. To acquire by use; to make one's own by possession.

In the civil law. The right of using and enjoying the profits of a thing belonging to another, without impairing the substance, — usually for the life of the usufructuary.

I. In the civil law. One who had the usufruct of a thing; an usufructuary.

pi usurse, I In the civil law. Money given for the use of money; interest, the highest lawful rate of which, before the time of Justinian, was twelve per cent per annum. Usnra mani

Z. I. In old English law., To pay interest; to carry or be chargeable with interest

I. I. In old English law. An usurer.

I. In the civil law. To interrupt a use, or usucapion.

I. In the civil law. The interruption of a usucapion, by some act on the part of the real owner.

The exercise or use of an ofi Bce or franchise without authority. In English ecclesiastical law. The absolute ouster of the patron of a benefice, by prosecution by a stranger witho

Unlawful interest; a premium or compensation paid or stipulated to be paid for the use of money beyond the rate of interest established by law. In old English law. A reward for the

It In old English law. Octave; the octave; the eighth day following any term or feast

hereditas, I. In old English law. An inheritance; an estate by descent or succession; inheritance; hereditary succession. Hsereditas ab intestato: succession from an intestate. Hse

Born of the same mother.

Z. In old English law. Uterine; bom of the same mother.

I. Both; each.

utfangethef, sax. In Saxon and old English law. Literally, an out-taken thief. Utfangethef vero dicitur latro extraneus, veniens aliunde de terra aliena, et qui captus fuit in terr

I. In old English lam. Hue; a form of hutesium.

I. In the civil law. To use; strictly, to use for necessary purposes. Uti frui: to have the full use and enjoyment of a thing, without damage to its substance.

I As. Uti possidetis: as you possess, i. e. each keeping what you respectively have; a term expressive of the principle of a treaty which leaves belligerents in possession of what

1 1. In old English law. to put out of the protection of the

1. 1, Utlage, I. fr., TJtlaughe, English law. An outlawed person extra legem positus; caput gerit put out of the law; he carries a

I. In the dvil law. With retaining a thing to protect the mode of contesting the right to

To put out, or put forth; to

sax. Outer. Utter barristers: English barristers-at-law; barristers out the bar.

underlie, sc In Scots law. To abide by; to submit to.

I. On all sides; from every quarter. Undique collatig liienibris: members being collected from every quarter, — applied to a contract compounded of different contracts.

I. Wife; a wife; the wife. wife and son are names of natura bitur ex facto yiri, quia virum furtum suum, nee leloniam, cum sed Tir: the wife of a thief will band, because she ought