Category: U
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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 […]
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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 […]