Law Dictionary

That which is useful is not vitiated by that which is useless. See 32 W. Va. 348, 3 L. R. A. 705, 9 S. E. 245.

Span. In Spanish law. The profit of a thing. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit 2, c. L

Useful; advantageous.

The basic quid pro quo contemplated by the Constitution and the Congress for granting a patent monopoly is the benefit derived by the public from an invention with substantial util

Utility facility.—The term "utility facility" means any privately, publicly, or cooperatively owned line, facility, or system for producing, transmitting, or distributing

The term "utility inverter" means an inverter which— (i) is suitable for commercial or utility-scale systems, (ii) has a rated output of not less than 600 volt three-phas

The term “utility regulatory authority” means any State agency or Federal agency that has ratemaking authority with respect to the sale of electric energy by any electric utility o

The term “utility regulatory commission” means any State agency or Federal agency which has authority to fix, modify, approve, or disapprove rates for the sale of electric energy b

Utility relocation activity.—The term "utility relocation activity" means an activity necessary for the relocation of a utility facility, including preliminary and final

The term “utility services” includes— (i) the providing of electrical energy, water, or sewage disposal, (ii) the furnishing of gas or steam through a local distribution system, (i

The term “utility service vehicle” has the meaning that term has under section 345(e)(6) 1 of the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 ( 49 U.S.C. 31136 note; 109 Stat 2

In this section, the term “utility system” means any of the following: (A) A system for the generation and supply of electric power. (B) A system for the treatment or supply of wat

The term “utility unit” means— (i) a unit that serves a generator in any State that produces electricity for sale, or (ii) a unit that, during 1985, served a generator in any State

The term “utilization facility” means (1) any equipment or device, except an atomic weapon, determined by rule of the Commission to be capable of making use of special nuclear mate

Lat. as you possess. In international law. A phrase used to signify that the parties to a treaty are to retain possession of what they have acquired by force during the war. UTI RO

Lat. in Roman law. The form of words by which a vote in favor of a proposed law was orally expressed. Uti rogas, volo vel jubeo, as you ask, I will or order; I vote as you propose;

He enjoys the right of his assignor.

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

An outlaw.

Capnt gerit lupinum. 7 Coke, 14. An outlaw is, as It were, put out of the protection of the law. He bears the head of a wolf.

Fleta. One who is outlawed for contumacy and flight is not on that account convicted of the principal fact.

See Outlawry. UTTEIl.8 1^ adj. Outer: as, utter bar, and barrister, q. v. Outside; extreme, complete: as, utter loss, q. V. 3, V. To put out, put forth; to tender to another; to of

In old English law. An outlaw. UTLAGATUS EST QUASI EXTRA LEGem positus. Caput gerit lupinum. An outlaw is, as it were, put out of the protection of law. He bears the head of a wolf

An outlaw.

An outlaw.

sax. Outland; the of a manor.

An escape of a felon out of prison.

The term “UTM” means an unmanned aircraft system traffic management system or service.”

That the punishment may reach a few, but the fear of it affect all. A maxim in criminal law, expressive of one of the principal objects of human punishment. 4 Inst 6; 4 Bl. Comm. 1

METUS AD omnes preveniat. That punishment may happen to a few; the fear of it affects all. 4 Inst. 63. UT RES MAGIS VALEAT QUAM PEREat. That the thing may rather have effect than b

That punishment may take a few, the fear of it comes to all.

That the thing may rather have effect than be null. See 97 Mo. 231, 3 L. R. A. 299, 10 S. W. 836.

See "Rogare." UT SUMMAE POTESTATIS REGIS EST posse quantum velit, sic magnitudinus est velle quantum possit. As the highest power of a king is to be able to do all he wishes, so th

In Scotch law. An interdict as to movables, by which the colorable _ possession of a bona fide holder is continued until the final settlement _ of a contested right. Corresponding

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

Both of us. Words used formerly in bands.

3 Inst. 236. As the highest power of a king is to be able to do nil he wishes, so the highest greainess of him is to wish all he is able to do.

As above stated.

To publish; to pass or give currency to. In Criminal Law. The presentation or passing as genuine of a forgery or counterfeit. To constitute the crime of uttering a forged instrumen

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

utterance in a context of violence can lose its significance as an appeal to reason and become part of an instrument of force. Such utterance was not meant to be sheltered by the C

See "Outer Bar." UTTER (or OUTER) BARRISTER. In English law. Those barristers who plead without the bar, and are distinguished from "benchers," or those who have been readers, and

Same as Outer barrister.

See Intol and uttol .

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.

A wife.

A wife murderer; the kill- SUB ing of a wife. It is regarded in law and V. A common abbreviation of versus, ia the titles of causes, and reported cases. V. F. An abbreviation of ve

Wife and son are names of nature.

A husband’s killing of his wife.

SED Instr. tress, but ie under the powwr of her hli6bs.nd. 3 Inst. 108. law-

A wife is not in her own right, but under the power of her husband.

A wife is not in her own right but under the power of her husband, whom she cannot in their lifetime gainsay.

A wife follows the domicile of her husband. NA- Tray. Lat. Max. 606. nature.

Vide, which see. Versus, which see.

A place which is empty. As applied to official position, has reference to an office that is unoccupied, one without an incumbent; an office not filled. 107 Ark. 386; 155 S. W. 502;

not filled or occupied by an incumbent [or] possessor.

By the renunciation of his widow of her title as partner in community, and her failure to interpose on behalf of her children, the succession was unrepresented, and was what is ter

Unclaimed goods.

A term applied to an estate which has been abandoned by the tenant. The abandonment must be comthe premises, it Will not be so considared. 2 Chit. 177; 2 Strange, 1064; Buller, N.

An inheritance for which the heirs are unknown. VACANTIA BONA (Lat.) In civil law. Goods without an owner. Such goods escheat.

To be empty or vacant.

/. A piece of waste ground.

To annul; to render an act void; as, to vacate an entry which has been made on a record when the court has been imposed upon by fraud, or taken by surprise. VACATIO (Lat.) In the c

Immunity; exemption.

That period of time between the end of one term and beg^inning of another. During vacation, rules and orders are made in such cases as are urgent, by a judge at his chambers. VACAT

See Barrister. V with the national vaccine establishment In 1840 vaccination fees were made payable out of the rates. The first compulsory act was passed in 1853, the guardians of

In this subsection, the terms "vacation leave", "personal leave", and "medical or sick leave" mean those 3 types of leave, within the meaning of secti

It is vacated.

An avoidance of an ecclesiastical benefice. Cowell.

In old English law. A dairy-house. Co. Litt. 5b.

Inoculation with vaccine or the virus of cowpox as a preventive against the smallpox; frequently made compulsory by statute. See1 Daniel v. Putnam County, 113 Ga. 570, 38 S. E. 980

The term “vaccine” means any substance designed to be administered to a human being for the prevention of 1 or more diseases.

The term “vaccine-eligible child” means a child who is a federally vaccine-eligible child (as defined in paragraph (2)) or a State vaccine-eligible child (as defined in paragraph (

The term “Vaccine Injury Table” means the table set out in section 300aa–14 of this title.

The term “vaccine-related injury or death” means an illness, injury, condition, or death associated with one or more of the vaccines set forth in the Vaccine Injury Table, except t

The vacant possession, i. e., free and unburdened possession, which, (e. g.) a vendor had and has to give to a purchaser of lands.

Lat In the civil law. Empty; void; vacant; unoceupied. Calvin.

To hold to bail; to give bail.

In old English law. A servant; a ministerial officer. Cowell.

In the civil law, pledges; sureties; bail; security for the appearance of a defendant or accused person in court. Calv. Lex.

Tp wage.

To wage combat. Where two contending parties, on a challenge, give and take a mutual pledge of fighting. Cowell. VADIARE LEGEM (L. Lat) In old English law. To wage law; to give gag

To wage law. See Wager of law .

Lat. (L. Fr. gager). In old English law. Wager. VADIMONIUM (Lat) In the Roman law. Bail or security; the giving of bail for appearance in court; a recognizance. Calv. Lex. VADIUM M

Wager of law, which see.

Lat In Roman law. Bail or security; the giving of bail for ap-pearanco in court; a recognizance. Calvin.

A pledge; a surety.

A dead pledge; a mortgage. See Mortgage .

To take ball or pledges for a defendant's appearance. VADIUM VIVUM (Lat.) A species of security by which the borrower of a sum of money made over his estate to the lender until he

A pledge wherein the profits or income from the property were applied to the payment of the debt secured. See 88 Cal. 437, 22 Am. St. Rep. 314, 13 L. R. A. 137, 26 Pac. 203. See, a

I. I. In old English law. Wager. Vadiatio duelli: wager of battel. Vadiatio legis: wager of law.

In old English law. The king's eldest son; hence the valet or knave follows the king and queen in a pack of cards. Barr. Obs. St. 344. VAGABOND (Fr. and Eng.; from Lat. vagabundus,

The king’s oldest son.

In old records, a ford or wading place. Cowell.

To avoid; to make void; to annul; to leave empty or unoccupied.

A vagrant.

We call him a vagabond who has nowhere acquired a domicile of residence.

Vagrancy Is distinguished from disorderly conduct and breaches of the peace, and includes only such cases of vagabondage as are known to the common law; and its statutory definitio

An idle wanderer with no apparent, honest means of support.