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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.
iniinita sequuntur, I. One absurdity given, an infinite number follow.
1 Coke, 102. One absurdity being allowed, an infinity follows.
One absurdity granted, an infinite number follow.
By one act.
The term “unoccupied” means, with respect to a residential property, that the unit of general local government having jurisdiction over the area in which the project is located has
those public lands of the United States which have not been offered at public sale.
See Ofotcial; Report, 1(3).
The term “unofficial travel” means personal travel or other travel that is not paid for or reimbursed by the Federal Government out of appropriated funds.
A will cutting off one’s family.
In one breath.
“UNOLS” means University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System.
sax. Unknown; a guest on his first night; Agen Une.
The term “unpaid losses” includes any unpaid loss adjustment expenses shown on the annual statement.
The term “unpaid minimum required contribution” means, with respect to any plan year, any minimum required contribution under section 430 for the plan year which is not paid on or
various "collection alternatives," § 6330(c)(2)(A), and decisions about "whether [a tax] liability remains unpaid," Brief for Petitioner 25, n. 3 (internal quotation marks omitted;
The term “unplanned event” means any unplanned disturbance that— (aa) disrupts ecosystem or forest structure or composition; or (bb) changes resources, substrate availability, or t
For purposes of this subsection, the term “unpredictable contingent event benefit” means any benefit payable solely by reason of— (A) a plant shutdown (or similar event, as determi
The term “unprivileged enemy belligerent” means an individual (other than a privileged belligerent) who— (A) has engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition p
“unprocessed agricultural products” means food, fiber, and other agricultural products that have not been packaged or otherwise prepared for retail sale, including animal products
The term “unprocessed timber” means trees or portions of trees or other roundwood not processed to standards and specifications suitable for end product use. / Notwithstanding the
The term “unprotected 1 health information” has the meaning given such term for purposes of the HIPAA regulations.
I. fr. Ever; always. Unques prist: always ready, v. Tout temps prist.
Yet; still; always.
Always ready.
For purposes of subparagraph (A) and paragraph (5)(A), the term “unrealized appreciation” means, with respect to any asset, the amount by which— (i) the fair market value of such a
For purposes of subparagraph (A) and paragraph (5)(A), the term “unrealized depreciation” means, with respect to any asset, the amount by which— (i) the adjusted basis for determin
The term “unrealized receivable” has the meaning given such term by section 751(c) (determined by treating any reference to the partnership as referring to the partner).
For purposes of this subchapter, the term "unrealized receivables" includes, to the extent not previously includible in income under the method of accounting used by the
For purposes of paragraph (3)(C), the term “unrealized receivables or fees” means, to the extent not previously includible in income under the method of accounting used by the corp
See Cause, Probable; Reason; Search-warrant.
The term “unreasonable adverse effects on the environment” means (1) any unreasonable risk to man or the environment, taking into account the economic, social, and environmental co
When a competent court has declared his pretentions without sufficient foundation, we think good faith and the spirit of the enactment demands that he act with such promptness as t
an agreement on the part of the members of a combination controlling a substantial part of an industry, upon the prices which the members are to charge for their commodity, is in i
[The Fourth Amendment's first clause] is general and forbids every search that is unreasonable; it protects all, those suspected or known to be offenders as well as the innocent, a
the guaranty of freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures by the Fourth Amendment has been construed, practically since the beginning of the government, as recognizing a nece
The meaning of the term is determined by reference to contemporary history of controversies on the subject. See 116 U. S. 616, 29 L. Ed. 746, 6 Sup. Ct. Rep. 524.
sales made below cost without legitimate commercial objective and with specific intent to destroy competition would clearly fall within the prohibitions of § 3
The term “unrecaptured section 1250 gain” means the excess (if any) of— (i) the amount of long-term capital gain (not otherwise treated as ordinary income) which would be treated a
The term “unrecognized gain” means— (i) in the case of any position held by the taxpayer as of the close of the taxable year, the amount of gain which would be taken into account w
For purposes of subsection (a)(1), the term “unrecovered basis” means the adjusted basis of the passenger automobile determined after the application of subsection (a) and as if al
In this section, the term “unregulated transmitting utility” means an entity that— (1) owns or operates facilities used for the transmission of electric energy in interstate commer
the gross income (excluding any exempt function income), less the deductions allowed by this chapter which are directly connected with the production of the gross income (excluding
For purposes of this section, the term "unrelated party" means a purchaser or seller who does not bear a relationship to the seller or purchaser, as the case may be, that
For purposes of this paragraph, the term “unrelated person” means any person other than a person related within the meaning of paragraph (3)(D) to the electing corporation. / The t
The term “unrelated trade or business” means, in the case of any organization subject to the tax imposed by section 511, any trade or business the conduct of which is not substanti
Subject to subparagraph (B), the term "unresolved abduction case" means an abduction case that remains unresolved for a period that exceeds 12 months after the date on wh
The term "unresolved area of noncompliance" means failure to correct a noncompliance item within 120 days, or within such additional time (if any) as is authorized by the
In this paragraph, the term "unresolved audit finding" means an audit report finding in the final audit report of the Inspector General of the Department of Justice that
when paper is indorsed without restriction by a depositor, and is at once passed to his credit by the bank to which he delivers it, he becomes the creditor of the bank; the bank be
For purposes of this section, the term "unreversed inclusions" means, with respect to any stock in a passive foreign investment company, the excess (if any) of—
Section 406(a), which provides for the system of tolerances, constitutes by its terms a definition of the term 'unsafe,' which appears in § 402(a)(2), a prohibition of foods which
The term “unsafeguarded nuclear fuel-cycle activity” means research on, or development, design, manufacture, construction, operation, or maintenance of— (A) any existing or future
The term "unsafeguarded special nuclear material" has the meaning given the term in section 6305(8) of title 22. / the term "unsafeguarded special nuclear material&q
The term “unscheduled discrete organic chemical” means any chemical not listed on any schedule contained in the Annex on Chemicals of the Convention that belongs to the class of ch
the term “unscheduled duty” means hours of duty a criminal investigator works, or is determined to be available for work, that are not— (A) part of the 40 hours in the basic work w
Unsettled; wild.
Wild or unoccupied land. See "Seated Lands." ' UN8EAW0RTHY. See "Seaworthiness."
Unseaworthiness, as is well understood, embraces certain species of negligence; while the statute includes several additional species not embraced in that term.
The distinction is apparent between suits such as this where the unseaworthiness of a vessel is merely a condition of exemption and suits where the unseaworthiness of a vessel is t
See Seaworthy.
inadequate for the purpose for which it was ordinarily used
An unsecured municipal security is therefore merely a draft on the good faith of a municipality in exercising its taxing power.
Subject to subparagraph (B), the term “unsecured PHR identifiable health information” means PHR identifiable health information that is not protected through the use of a technolog
Subject to subparagraph (B), for purposes of this section, the term “unsecured protected health information” means protected health information that is not secured through the use
War denounced without a declaration; war made upon special declaration.
The term “unserved and underserved” includes populations such as individuals from racial and ethnic minority backgrounds, disadvantaged individuals, individuals with limited Englis
For purposes of clause (i), the term "unserved area" means an area in which not less than 80 percent of broadband-serviceable locations are unserved locations.
For purposes of this subsection, and subject to clauses (ii) and (iii), the term “unserved household” shall include— (I) recreational vehicles as defined in regulations of the Secr
The term “unserved location” means a broadband-serviceable location, as determined in accordance with the broadband DATA maps, that— (i) has no access to broadband service; or (ii)
The term "unserved service project" means a project in which not less than 80 percent of broadband-serviceable locations served by the project are unserved locations.
The term “unserviceable firearm” means a firearm which is incapable of discharging a shot by means of an explosive and incapable of being readily restored to a firing condition.
Throwing goods overboard protected in such manner that they may be recovered, may constitute unshipment. U. S. v. Hutchinson, 1 Hash. 146, Fed. Cas. No. 15,431.
Those which have been acted upon, or have been made to influence the conduct of others, or to derive some advantage to the party, and which cannot afterward be denied without a bre
That war which Is not carried on by the highest power in the states between which it exists, and which lacks the formality of a declaration. Grotius de Jure Belli, et Pac. lib. 1,
In the Civil Law. One in which an executor is not appointed. Swinb. Wills 29.
The term “unsolicited advertisement” means any material advertising the commercial availability or quality of any property, goods, or services which is transmitted to any person wi
or UNSOUND MEMory. These words have been adopted in several statutes, and sometimes indiscriminately used, to signify not only "lunacy," which is periodical madness, but also a per
The term “unsubsidized project” means a multifamily housing project owned by the Secretary that is not a subsidized project or a formerly subsidized project.
The term “unsupported cost” means a cost that is questioned by the Office because the Office found that, at the time of the audit, such cost is not supported by adequate documentat
The term “untaxed income and benefits” means— (1) deductions and payments to self-employed SEP, SIMPLE, Keogh, and other qualified individual retirement accounts excluded from inco
Wholly unfit for occupation. See Ann. Cas. 1913A, 1101, note.
A person of outrageous prodigality.
Usually a word of limitation, unless there are other controlling expressions in the connection, showing that a different meaning is intended. 12 IlL 304., When time is given to fil
the time during which all monthly payments were to be made, and give the right to retain the fifteen per cent.
A statement is untrue which not express things exactly as they are. 188 111. 138. UNUMQUODQUE EODEM MODO QUO colligatum est dissolvitur. In the same manner in which anything is bou
Anything is dissolved in the same way in which it is bound.
In the same way in which anything is bound, it is dissolved.
- Unumquodque eodem modo quo colligatu est, dissolvitur,—quo constituitur, destruiturdefined inBlack's (1910)
Everything is dissolved by the same means by which it is put together,—destroyed by the same means by which it is established. 2 Rolle 39; Broom, Max. 891.
Anything which is the principal part is the thing itself.
Hob. 123. That which is the principal part of a thing is the thing itself.
Every obligation is dissolved in the same way in which it is bound. See 12 Barb. (N. Y.) 366.
- Unumquodque principiorum est sibi-metipsi fides; et perspicua vera nom snnt probandadefined inBlack's (1910)
Every general principle [or maxim of law] is its own pledge or warrant; and things that are clearly true are not to be proved. Branch; Co. Litt. 11.
- Unumquodque principiorum est sibL met ipsi fides; et perspicua vera non sunt probandadefined inBallentine's (1916)
Every principle is its own proof and plain truths need not be proved.
contrary to custom.
For purposes of this subsection, the term “unusual and compelling State or local energy or water interests” means interests which— (i) are substantially different in nature or magn
The term “unusual mortality event” means a stranding that— (A) is unexpected; (B) involves a significant die-off of any marine mammal population; and (C) demands immediate response
In its legal sense, this phrase cannot be applied to merely two persons violently entering disputed premises. Pike v. Witt, 104 Mass. 695.
those factors "involving considerations of solvency, economic duress, etc." "Id.", at 366, n. 14.
The term “unutilized and underutilized plant-capacity costs” means the costs associated with operating and maintaining the facilities and equipment of an Army arsenal that the Secr