Unde
A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
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. Unde rectatiis est: whereof he is accused. In the civil law. Unde cognati: whereof cognates, — a species of the bonorum,possessio granted to cognates, or relations on the part of the mother. Unde legitinii: whereof the lawful heirs, — a species of the bonorum possessio granted to agnates, or the lawful heirs. Unde liberi: whereof those free, — a species of the bonorum possessio granted to emancipated children, or the proper heirs of the deceased. Unde vi: wherefrom by force, — the technical name of that species of interdict which was granted to recover the possession of an immovable thing wherefrom a person had been ejected by force. Unde Tir et uxor: whereof husband and wife, — a species of the bonorum, possessio granted to a husband or. wife, by which they succeeded each other, on failure of the cognati.