Lat. Uuiting of offspring. A method of adoption, chiefly used in Germany, by which step-children (on either or both sides of the house) are made equal, in respect to the right of

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

Lat. The unity of persons, as that between husband and wife, or ancestor and heir.

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

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

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

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.