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UNIFORMITY, ACT OF,

which regulates the terms of membership in the Church of England and the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge, (St. 13 & 14 Car. II. c. 4.) See St. 9 & 10 Vict.

UNIVERSITAS

Lat In the civil law. A corporation aggregate. Dig. 3, 4, 7. Literally, a whole formed out of many individuals. 1 Bl. Comm. 469.

UNQUES

L Fr. Ever; always. Ne ungues, never.

URE

L. Fr. Effect; practice. Mis en urc. put in practice; carried into effect Kelham.

USURIOUS

Pertaining to usury; partaking of the nature of usury; Involving usury; tainted with usury; as, a usurious contract USURPATIO 1192 UTERQUE

UTI

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,

U WHARFAGE

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,

ULTIMATE FACTS

In pleading and practice. Facts in issue; opposed to probative or evidential facts, the latter being such as serve to establish or disprove the issues. Kahn v. Central Smelting Co., 2 Utah,

UNCIA AGRI, UNCIA TERR

These phrases often occur in the charters of the British kings, and signify some measure or quantity of land. It is said to have beeu the quantity of twelve viodii; each modius

UNIFORMITY OF PROCESS ACT

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.

UNIVERSITY

An institution of higher learning, consisting of an assemblage of col- leges united under one corporate organization and government, affording instruction in the arts and sciences and the learned professions. and conferring

UNQUES PRIST

L. Fr. Always ready. Cowell. Another form of tout temps prist.

USAGE

Usage is a reasonable and lawful public custom concerning transactions of the same nature as those which are to be effected thereby, existing at the place where the obligation is to be

USURPATION

Torts. The unlawful assumption of the use of property which bell longs to another; au interruption or the disturbing a mau in his right and possession. Tomlins. In public law. The unlawful

UTI FRUI

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

Uf WRIT OF MAINPRIZE

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

ULTIMATUM

Lat. The last. The final and ultimate proposition made in negotiating a treaty, or a contract, or the like.

UNCIARIUS HTERES

Lat. In Roman law. An heir to one-twelfth of an estate or inheritance. Calvin.

UNDERLIE THE LAW

In Scotch criminal procedure, an accused person, in appearing to take his trial, is said “to compear and underlie the law.” Mozley & Whitley.

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