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  • 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, 68 Iowa, 619, 28 N. W. 199; Koen v. State, 35 Neb. 676, 58 N. W. 595, 17 L. R. A. More...
  • UNIVERSITAS
    Lat. In the civil law. A corporation aggregate. Dig. 3, 4, 7. Literally, a whole formed out of many lndivid-uals. 1 Bl. Comm. 469. —Universitas facti. In the civil law. A plurality of corporeal things of the same kind, which are regarded as a whole; e. g., a herd of More...
  • UNIVERSITY
    An institution of higher learning, consisting of an assemblage of colleges united under one corporate organization and government, affording instruction in the arts and sciences and the learned professions, and conferring degrees. See Com. v. Banks, 198 Pa. 397, 48 Atl. 277.
  • UNIVERSITY COURT
    See CHANCELLOR'S COURTS IN THE TWO UNIVERSITIES.
  • UNIVERSUS
    Lat. The whole; all together. Calvin.
  • 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.
  • UNLAGE
    Sax. An unjust law.
  • UNLARIOH
    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. For example, the sum of £10 Scots, then the common fine for absence from court and for small delinquencies. Bell.
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