Category: U

Up to the middle of the stream or road.

In old English practice. Octave; the octave; the eighth day following any term or feast. Cowell.

To put or seud into circulation ; to publish or put forth. To utter and publish an instrument is to declare or assert, directly or indirectly, by words or actions, that it

Alnage, (which see.)

Such vagueness, obscurity, or confusion in any written instrument, e. g., a will, as to render It unintelligible to those who are called upon to execute or interpret it, so that no

In Louisiana. In every tutorship there shall be an uiuler- tutor, whom it shall lie the duty of the judge to appoint at the time letters of tutorship are certified for the

The English statute of 2 Wm. IV. c. 39, establishing a uniform process for the com- mencement of actions in all the courts of law at Westminster. 3 Steph. Comm. 566.

In old Scotch law. That which is done without law or against law. Spelman.

The rule of evidence which obtains in the civil law, that the testimony of one witness is equiva- lent to the testimony of none. Wharton.

Habitual; ordinary; customary; according to usage or custom; commonly es- tablished, observed, or practised. See Chicago & A. R. Co. v. Hause. 71 111. App. 147; Kellogg v. Curtis. 69 Me. 214,

Born of the same mother. A uterine brother or sister is one born of the same mother, but by a different father.

In English law. The bar at which those barristers, usually junior men, practice who have not yet been raised to the dignity of king’s counsel. These junior barristers are said to plead

Lat. The last argument ; the last resort; the means last to be resorted to. Ultima voluntas testatoris est perim- plenda secundum veram intentionem suam. Co. Litt. 322. The last will of

Lat. In Roman law. An ounce; the twelfth of the Roman “as,” or pound. The twelfth part of anything; the proportion of one-twelfth. 2 Bl. Comm. 4G2, note m.

He who transacted the business of the lord high treasurer.

The state of being the only begotten. UNILATERAL 1186 UNIUSCUJUSQUE CONTRACTUS

In Scotch law. A witness was formerly inadmissible who was not worth the king’s unlaw; i. e., the sum of

Food not fit to be eaten; food which if eaten would be Injurious.

Lat In the civil law. One who had the mere use of a thing belonging to another for the purpose of supplying his daily wants; a usuary. Dig. 7, 8, 10, pr.;

Preguaucy.