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  • UTLAGE
    L. Fr. An outlaw. Britt c. 12.
  • UTLESSE
    An escape of a felon out of prison.
  • UTRUBL
    In the civil law The name of a species of interdict for retaining a thing, granted for the purpose of protecting the possession of a movable thing, as the uti possidetis was granted for an Immovable. Inst. 4, 15, 4; Mackeld. Rom. Law, 260 In Scotch law. An interdict as More...
  • UTRUMQUE NOSTRUM
    Both of us. Words used formerly in bonds.
  • UTTER
    To put or send -into circulation ; to publish or put forth. To utter and publish an instrument is to declare or assert, directly or indirectly, by words or actions, that it is good; uttering it is a declaration that it is good, with an intention or offer to pass More...
  • UTTER BAR
    In English law. The bar at which those barristers, usually junior men, practice who have not yet been raised to the dignity of king's counsel. These junior barristers are said to plead without the bar; while those of the higher rank are admitted to seats within the bar, and ad¬dress More...
  • UTTER BARRISTER
    In English law. Those barristers who plead without the bar, and are distinguished from benchers, or those who have been readers, and who are allowed to plead within the bar, as the king's counsel are. Cowell.
  • UXOR
    Lat. In the civil law. A wife; a woman lawfully married. —Et uxor. And bis wife. A term used in indexing, abstracting, and describing conveyances made by a man and his wife as grantors, or to a man and his wife as grantees. Often abbreviated "et ux" Thus, "John Doe More...
  • UXORICIDE
    The killing of a wife by her husband; one who murders his wife. Not a technical term of the law.
  • V.
    As an abbreviation, this letter may stand for "Victoria," "volume," or "verb;" also "vide" (see) and "voce". It is also a common abbreviation of "veRsus," in the titles of causes, and reported cases.
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