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Category: U

UNAVOIDABLE CASUALTY

the term given to an injury that has occurred even after all due care and diligence was practiced.

USING MAIL TO DEFRAUD

a conscious use of the US Postal Service to send out fraudulent material to try to gain from it.

UNDER COLOR OF LAW

This phrase means with the apparent authority of the law but it actually conflicts with the law.

UNDERSIGNED THE

This phrase refers to the people who have signed their names to a document.

UNDER COLOR OF TITLE

This phrase means with having the appearance of a title that is valid when there is no title.

UKASE

This term describes the official order or a decree that has originated from a monarch or from a dictator.

UNEQUIVOCAL

This means that something is clear and with no doubt.

UNDERCOVER MAN

person who is usually a police officer engaged in spying on criminal activities as if he is one of the criminals.

UT SUPRA

a Latin phrase that means as stated above.

UTMOST RESISTANCE

the term that is sued to describe the maximum amount of resistance a person can use against an attacker.

UNFILLED ORDER

Formal document for procuring goods and services that meet criteria of an obligation incurred but has not yet been filled.

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