UNIVERSAL
Having relation to the whole or an entirety; pertaining to all without exception; a term more extensive than “general,” which latter may admit of exceptions. See Blair v. Howell, 6S Iowa, 619,
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Having relation to the whole or an entirety; pertaining to all without exception; a term more extensive than “general,” which latter may admit of exceptions. See Blair v. Howell, 6S Iowa, 619,
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
Lat. The whole; all together. Calvin.
Contrary to right and justice, or to the enjoyment of his rights by another, or to the standards of conduct furnished by the laws.
Unknown. The law French form of the Saxon “uncouth.” Britt. c. 12.
Sax. An unjust law.
In old Scotch law. That which is done without law or against law. Spelman.
In Scotch law. A witness was formerly inadmissible who was not worth the king’s unlaw; i. e., the sum of
That which is contrary to law. “Unlawful” and “illegal” are frequently used as synonymous terms, but, in the proper sense of the word, “unlawful,” as applied to promises, agreements, considerations, and the
Not ascertained in amount; not determined; remaining unassessed or unsettled; as unliquidated damages. See DAMAGES.
A term used In maritime law to designate the unloading of cargo of a vessel at the place where it is properly to he delivered. The Two Catharines, 24 Fed. Cas. 429.
The Infamous crime against nature; f. e., sodomy or buggery. Uno absurdo dato, inflnita sequuntur. 1 Coke, 102. One absurdity being allowed, an infinity follows.
Lat. In a single act; by one and the same act.
Lat. In one breath. 3 .Alan. & G. 45. Vno flatu, ct uno intuitu, at one breath, and in one view. Pope v. Nickerson, 3 Story, 504, Fed. Cas. No. 11,274.
L Fr. Ever; always. Ne ungues, never.
L. Fr. Always ready. Cowell. Another form of tout temps prist.
See LAND.
See SEAWORTHY.
War denounced without a declaration; war made not upon general but special declaration; imperfect war. People v. McLeod, 1 Hill (N. T.) 409, 37 Am. Dec. 328.
A person of unsound mind is an adult who from infirmity of mind is incapable of managing himself or his affairs. The term, therefore, includes insane persons, idiots, and imbeciles. Sweet. See
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