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In the law of contracts. This is a loose and ambiguous term, unless it be accompanied by some expression to show that it constituted a meeting of the minds of parties upon

Lat. In canon law. A consolidation of two churches into one. Cowell.

Not ascertained in amount; not determined; remaining unassessed or unsettled; as unliquidated damages. See DAMAGES.

The hand raised towards the heavens, in one of the forms of taking an oath, instead of being laid upon the Gospels. UPPER BENCH. The court of king’s bench, in England, was

In the civil law. The right of enjoying a thing, the property of which is vested In another, and to draw from the same all the profit, utility, and advan- tage which

Iu Saxon and old English law. The privilege of a lord of a manor to judge and punish a thief dwelling out of his liberty, and committing theft without the same, if

The killing of a wife by her husband; one who murders his wife. Not a technical term of the law. V. 1195 VADUM V V. As an abbreviation, this letter may stand

Lat. The extreme punishment; the extremity of punishment ; the punishment of death. 4 Bl. Comm. 17. Ultimum supplicium esse mortem so- lam interpretamur. The extremest punishment we consider to be death

e. Calvin. UNCLE. The brother of one’s father or mother. State v. Reedy, 44 Kan. 100, 24 Pac. 06; State v. Guiton, 51 La. Ann. 155, 24 South. 784.

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