Uncertainty

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Abbott (1879), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Vagueness or obscurity of language in written instruments,

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

That which is unknown or vague. See Certainty, Will. UNCIA TERR>€ (Lat.). This phrase often occurs in early charters of the British kings, and denotes some quantity of land. It was tw’elve modii, each modius possibly one hundred feet square. Mon. Aug. tom. 3, pp. 198, 205. U NCIARI US H/ERES. In Civil Law. An heir to one-twelfth of an estate or inheritance. Calv. Lex.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Such vagueness, obscurity or confusion in any written instrument, e. g., a will, as to render it unintelligible to those who are called upon to execute or interpret it, so that no definite mcaning can be extracted from it.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

Is where a deed or will is so obscure and confused that the judges can make nothing of it, which sometimes occurs in wills made by testar tors without legal advice. Any disposition or conveyance to which it is impossible to affix a meaning is said to be void for uncertainty. standing alone, often stood for the twelfth part of an as, or pound. See Bouvier; Burrill. Uncia agri; uncia terrse. These phrases often occur in the charters of the British kings, and signify some measure or quantity of land. It is said to have been the quantity of twelve modii; each modius being possibly one hundred feet square. (Man. Angl. lii. 198.) Jacob.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

Vide Certainty.