Category: U
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Usance
Definition of Usance The period for which bills on a foreign country are by the practice of merchants almost invariably drawn Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Usance in the Dictionaries, Usance in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse […]
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Use
Definition of Use The technical noun use is derived from the Latin opus (benefit). It is a word which, as Maitland says, has mistaken its c vn origin.Before 1536, if A conveyed land by feoffment to B, with the intention, express or implied, that B should not hold it for his own benefit, but […]
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Use And Occupation
Definition of Use And Occupation A claim for use and occupation arises where a person has used and occupied the land of another with his permission but without any actual lease or agreement for a lease at a fixed rent Browse You might be interested in these references tools: […]
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Uses To Bar Dower
Definition of Uses To Bar Dower A form of conveyance of land prior to the Dower Act, 1833 for preventing the wife’s right to dower attaching to the land. The purchaser reserved only a life estate to himself Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Uses To […]
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Usher
Definition of Usher An official appointed to keep silence and order in a Court. See Black Hod Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Usher in the Dictionaries, Usher in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia […]
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Usill V. Hales
Definition of Usill V. Hales ((1878), 3 C. P. D. 319). Held, that a fair and impartial report of a proceeding in a police Court, even though it was ex parte and a preliminary proceeding, is privileged Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Usill V. Hales […]
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Urgency Order
Definition of Urgency Order A summary means of detaining a lunatic under the Lunacy Act, 1890, s. 11 Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Urgency Order in the Dictionaries, Urgency Order in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from […]
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Unity Of Interest
Definition of Unity Of Interest No one joint tenant can have a greater interest in the joint property than each of the others. See Joint Tenancy Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Unity Of Interest in the Dictionaries, Unity Of Interest in our legal […]
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Usill V. Hales
Definition of Usill V. Hales ((1878), 3 C. P. D. 319). Held, that a fair and impartial report of a proceeding in a police Court, even though it was ex parte and a preliminary proceeding, is privileged Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Usill V. Hales […]
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Unity Of Possession (or Seisin)
Definition of Unity Of Possession (or Seisin) (1) Is where a piece of land which is subject to an easement, profit a prendre, rent, or similar right, oomes into the possession of the person entitled to the easement or other right. (2) The possession of joint tenants. See Joint Tenancy Browse […]