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TWICE IN JEOPARDY

See JEOP- TZAR, TZARINA. The emperor and ARDY; ONCE IN JEOPARDY. empress of Russia. See CZAB. U. B. 1181 UBI NON EST MANIFESTA u U. B. An abbreviation for “Upper Bench.” U.

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

UBI NON EST PRINCIPALIS 1182 ULTRA

Ubi non est principalis, non potest esse accessorins. 4 Coke, 43. Where there is no principal, there cannot be an accessory. Ubi nulla est conjectura quae ducat alio, verba intelligenda sunt ex

UBIQUITY

Omnipresence; presence in several places, or in all places, at one time. A fiction of English law is the “legal ubiquity” of the sovereign, by which he is con- structively present in

UDAL

A term mentioned by Blackstone as used in Finland to denote that kind of right in real property which is called, in English law, “allodial.” 2 Bl. Comm. 45, note f.

UKAAS, UKASE

The name of a law or ordinance made by the czar of Russia.

ULLAGE

In commercial law. The amount wanting wheu a cask, on being gauged, is found not to be completely full.

ULNA FERREA

L. Lilt. In old English law. The Iron ell; the standard ell of Iron, kept in the exchequer for the rule of measure.

ULTIMA RATIO

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

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,

ULTIMATUM

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

ULTIMUM SUPPLICIUM

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

ULTIMUS HiERES

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.

ULTRA

Lat Beyond; outside of; in excess of. Damages ultra, damages beyond a sum paid into court.

ULTRONEOUS WITNESS

In Scotch law. A volunteer witness; one who appears to give evidence without being called upon. 2 Alis. Crim. Pr. 303.

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

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

UNA VOCE

Lat. With one voice; unanimously; without dissent.

UNALIENABLE

Incapable of being aliened, that is, sold and transferred.

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