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UNITED STATES BONDS

Obligations for payment of money which have been at various times issued by the government of the United States.

UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS

Each circuit court of the United States may appoint, in different parts of the district for which it is held, as many discreet persons as it may deem necessary, who shall be

UNITY

In the law of estates. The peculiar characteristic of an estate held by several in joint tenancy, and which is fourfold, viz., unity of interest, unity of title, unity of time, and

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,

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

UNJUST

Contrary to right and justice, or to the enjoyment of his rights by another, or to the standards of conduct furnished by the laws.

UNKOUTH

Unknown. The law French form of the Saxon “uncouth.” Britt. c. 12.

UNEARICH

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

UNLAW

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

UNLAWFUL

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

UNLIQUIDATED

Not ascertained in amount; not determined; remaining unassessed or unsettled; as unliquidated damages. See DAMAGES.

UNLIVERY

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.

UNNATURAL OFFENSE

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.

UNO ACTU

Lat. In a single act; by one and the same act.

UNO FLATU

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.

UNQUES

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

UNQUES PRIST

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

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