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Unde

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Kinney (1893), Anderson (1889), Stimson (1881)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Whence; whereof.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

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.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

See Dower, Writ of.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

I. Whence; wherefrom; whereupon. Unde rectatus est: whereof he is accused. Unde nihil habet: of which he has nothing; v. Bower. Unde petit judicium: whereof he prays judgment.