Category: U
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Uti Possedetis
Definition of Uti Possedetis As you possess. A decree of the Praetor that the ownership of property in question should remain in the person in possession. (Roman law.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Uti Possedetis in the Dictionaries, Uti […]
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Ut Res Magis Valeat Quam Pereat
Definition of Ut Res Magis Valeat Quam Pereat It is better for a thing to have effect than to be made void. See Eoe v. Tranmarr Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Ut Res Magis Valeat Quam Pereat in the Dictionaries, Ut Res Magis Valeat Quam Pereat in […]
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University Courts
Definition of University Courts Courts held by the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge pursuant to Royal Charters confirmed by 13 Eliz. c. 29 Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription University Courts in the Dictionaries, University Courts in our legal […]
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Unlawful Assembly
Definition of Unlawful Assembly The common law misdemeanour consisting of the assembly of three or more persons with Intent to commit by open force a crime, or in such a manner as to give just ground to apprehend a breach of the peace Browse You might be interested in these references tools: […]
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Unliquidated
Definition of Unliquidated Unascertained ; e.g., damages left to a jury to determine Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Unliquidated in the Dictionaries, Unliquidated in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European […]
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Unsound Mind
Definition of Unsound Mind A person non comjws mentis ; an idiot, lunatic, or mental deficient Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Unsound Mind in the Dictionaries, Unsound Mind in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the […]
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Upper Bench
Definition of Upper Bench The Bancus Superior ; the Court of King’s Bench during the Protectorate Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Upper Bench in the Dictionaries, Upper Bench in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the […]
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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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Usage
Definition of Usage A uniformity of conduct of persons with regard to the same act or matter. A usage may harden into custom (q.v.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Usage in the Dictionaries, Usage in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse […]
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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 […]