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Ubiquity

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Anderson (1889)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Omnipresenco; presence in several places or in all places, at one time, A fiction of English law is the "legal ubiquity" of the sovereign, by which he is constructively present in all the courts, 1 Bl. Comm. 270.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

3 1. Presence throughout a dominion or jurisdiction. The king, politically, is the fountain of justice, the steward who dispenses justice to wh»m it is due. A consequence of this prerogative is his "legal ubiq- ' See Vance v. Vahce, 108 U. S. 514 (1883); Senseman's Appeal, 21 Pa. 3&3 (18B3J. 2 Hadley, Som. Law, 74-79; Maine, Anc. Law, 1, 14, uity: " he is always present in his court by his judges, whose power is an emanation of his prerogative. On account of this ubiquity in his royal office he can never be nonsuit, and he is not said to appear by attorney.^ The United States, in their sovereign capacity, possess, in contemplation of law, an ubiquity throughout the Union. ^ 2. Universal validity or ef Hca Cy. A valid judgment in rem is ubiquitous — binds all the world.. Decrees as to personal status are not necessarily ubiquitous.' See Res.