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USQUE

Lat. Up to; until. This is a word of exclusion, and a release of all demands usque ad a certain day does not cover a bond made on that day. 2 Mod.

USUS BELLICI

Lat In international law. Warlike uses or objects. It is the usus bcllici which determine an article to be contraband. 1 Kent, Comm. 141. Usus est dominium fiduciarium. Bac. St Uses. Use

UTLA6ATUS

In old English law. An outlawed person; an outlaw. Utlagatus est qnasi extra legem posi- tus. Caput gerit lupinum. 7 Coke, 14. An outlaw is, as it were, put out of the

UMPIRAGE

The decision of an umpire. The word “umpirage,” in reference to an umpire, is the same as the word “award,” in reference to arbitrators; but “award” is commonly applied to the decision

UNCORE PRIST

L. Fr. Still ready. A species of plea or replication by wliicb the party alleges that he is still ready to pay or perform all that is justly demanded of him. In

UNDERWRITER

The person who Insures another in a fire or life policy; the insurer. See Childs v. Firemen’s Ins. Co., 0(3 Minn. 303, 09 N. W. 141, 35 L. R. A. 99. A

UNION

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

UNEARICH

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

UNTIL

This term generally excludes the day to which it relates; but It will be con- strued otherwise, if required by the evident intention of the parties. Kendall v. Klngs-

USUS FRUCTUS

Lat In Boman law. Usufruct; usufructuary right or possession. The temporary right of using a thing, without having the ultimate property, or full dominion, of the substance. 2 Bl. Comm. 327.

UTLAGE

L. Fr. An outlaw. Britt. C. 12.

UBERRIMA FIDES

Lat. The most abundant good faith; absolute and perfect candor or openness and honesty; the absence of any concealment or deception, however slight. Ubi aliquid conceditur, conceditur et id sine quo res

UMPIRE

When matters in dispute are submitted to two or more arbitrators, and they do not agree in their decision, it is usual for another person to be called in as “umpire,” to

UNCUTH

In Saxon law. Unknown; a stranger. A person entertained in the house of another was, on the first night of his entertainment, so called. Bract, fol. 1246.

UNDIVIDED

An undivided right or title, or a title to an undivided portion of an estate, is that owned by one of two or more tenants in common or joint tenants before partition.

UNION-JACK

The national flag of Great Rritain and Ireland, which combines the banner of St. Patrick with the crosses of St. George and St. Andrew. The word “jack” is most probably derived from

UNLAW

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

UNUS NULLUS RULE,THE

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.

USUAL

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,

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