Category: U

The phrase “it is understood,” when employed as a word of contract in a written agreement, has the same force as the words “it is agreed.” lliggiu- son v. Weld, 14 Gray

Lat. Uuiting of offspring. A method of adoption, chiefly used in Germany, by which step-children (on either or both sides of the house) are made equal, in respect to the right of

A term used In maritime law to designate the unloading of cargo of a vessel at the place where it is properly to he delivered. The Two Catharines, 24 Fed. Cas. 429.

In sales by auctions, an amount for which property to be sold is put up, so that the first bidder at that price is declared the buyer. Wharton. UPSUN. In Scotch law.

In the civil law. One who has the usufruct or right of enjoying anything in which he has no property, Cartwright v. Cartwright, 18 Tex. 628.

Lat. In the civil law. To use. Strictly, to use for necessary purposes; as distinguished from “frui,” to enjoy. Ileinecc. Elem. lib. 2, tit. 4,

Money paid for landing wares at a wharf, or for shipping or taking goodsinto a boat or barge from thence. Cowell.. Strictly speaking “wharfage” is money due, V or money actually paid,

Lat. The last or remote heir; the lord. So called iu contra- distinction to the /tares proximus and the hceres remotior. Dalr. Feud. Prop. 110.

That which Is contrary to the constitution. The opposite of “constitutional.” See State v. McCann. 4 Lea (Tenn.) 10; In re Rahrer (C. C.) 43 Fed. 558, 10 L. R. A. 444;

A promise, engagement, or stipulation. Each of the promises made by the parties to a contract, considered independently and not as mutual, may, in this sense, be denominated an “undertaking.” “Undertaking” is

In English poor-law. A union consists of two or more parishes which have been consolidated for the better administration of the poor-law therein. In ecclesiastical law. A union consists of two or

The Infamous crime against nature; f. e., sodomy or buggery. Uno absurdo dato, inflnita sequuntur. 1 Coke, 102. One absurdity being allowed, an infinity follows.

See HOMESTEAD.

In French law. The same as the usufruct of the English and Roman law.

Lat. In the civil law. To have the full use and enjoyment of a thing, without damage to its substance. Calvin.

In English” law. A writ directed to the sheriff, (either generally, when any man Is imprisoned for abailable offense and bail has been refused, or specially, when the offense or causeof commitment

Lat Beyond; outside of; in excess of. Damages ultra, damages beyond a sum paid into court.

As an excuse for the commission of an act otherwise criminal, this term means an impulse towards its commission of such fixity and intensity that it cannot be resisted by the person

Agreed; assumed. Tills is the technical word to be used in alleging the promise which forms the basis of an action of assumpsit.

Lat. The unity of persons, as that between husband and wife, or ancestor and heir.