Lat. Uniting of off-spring. A method of adoptlon, chiefly nsed in Germany, by which step-children (on ei-ther or both sides of the house) are made equal, in respect to the right of succession, with the children who spring from the mar-riage of the two contracting parties. See Heinecc. Elem. | 188
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Lat in canon law. A consollda-tion of two churches lnto one. Cowell
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The English statute of 2 wm. IV. c. 39. es-tahlishing a uniform process for the com-mencement of actions in all the courts of law nt westminster. 3 Steph. Comm. 566.
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A statute is general and uniform in lts operation when it operates equally upon all persons who are brought wlthin the relatlons and circumstances pro-vided for. McAunich v. Mississippi & M
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In taxation. Uniform-lty in taxation implies equality in the bur-den of taxation, which cannot exist without uniformity in the mode of assessment, as well as in the rate of taxation. Further, the uniformity must be coextensive with the ter-ritory to which it applies. And it must be extended to all property subject to taxation, so that all property may be taxed alike and equally. Exchange Bank v. Hines, 3 ohio St. 15. And see Edye v. Robertson, 112 U
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In Saxon law. An outlaw; a person whose murder required no compo-sition to be made, or weregeld to be paid, by his slayer
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Tbe obsolete lan-guage of a special award of venire, where, of several defendants, one pleads, and one lets judgment go hy default, whereby the jury, who nre to try and assess damages on the issue, are also to assess damages against the defendant suffering judgment by default, wharton
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In old English law. Minors or persons under age not capable of bearing arms. Fleta, h 1, c. 9; Cowell
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A term which may be applied generally to all dls-honest or fraudulent rivalry in trade and commerce, but is particularly applied in the courts of equity (where it may be restrained by injunction) to the practice of endeavoring to substitute one's own goods or products in the markets for those of another, having an established refutation and extensive sale, hy means of imitating or counterfeiting the name, title, size, shape, or distinctive pe-culiarltiea of the article, or the shape, color, label, wrapper, or general appearance of the package, or other such simulations, the Imitation being carried far enough to inlslead the general public or deceive an unwary purchaser, and yet not amounting to an absolute counterfeit or to the in-frlngement of a trade-mark or trade-name. Called In France nnd Germany “concurrence deloyale.” See Reddnwny v. Bau-ham. [18961 App. Caa. 199; Singer Mfg. Co. ▼. June Mfg. Co.. 163 U. 8. 169, 16 Sup. Ct
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The person who Insures another in a fire or life policy; the in-surer. See Childs v. Firemen’s Ins. Co., 06 Minn. 393, 69 N. W. 141, 35 L. R. A. 99
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An undlvlded right or title, or a tltle to an undivided portion of an estate, is that owned by one of two or more tenants in common or Joint tenants before partition
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A promise, engager ment, or stipulation. Ench of the promises made by the parties to a contract, considered Independently and not as mutual, may. in this sense, be denominated an “undertak-ing
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Agreed; assumed. This is tlie technical word to be used in alleging the promise whlch forms the basis of an action of assumpsit.
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In the law of con-tracts. This is a loose and ambiguous term, unless it be accompanied by some expression to show that it constituted a meeting of the minds of pnrties upon something re-specting which they intended to be bound. Camp v. waring, 25 Conn. 529. But it may denote an informal agreement, or a concurrence as to Its terms. See Barkow v. Saug-er, 47 wis. 507, 3 N. W. 16
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The phrase “lt is un-derstood,” when employed as a word of con-tract in a written agreement, has the same force as the words “it is agreed.” Higginson v. weld, 14 Gray (Mass.) 165
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He who transacted the business of the lord high treasurer.
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In Scotch, criminal procedure, an accused person, in appearing to tnke. his trial, is said “to oom-pear and underlie the law.” Mozley & whit-ley. ,‘
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NT. A tenant under one who is himself a tenant; one who holds by under-lease
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In Louisiana. In every tutorship there shall be an under-tutor, whom it shall be the duty of the judge to appoint at the time letters of tutor-ship are certified for the tutor. It is the duty of the under-tutor to act for the minor whenever the interest of the minor is in opposition to the interest of the tutor. Civ. Code La. 1838, arts. 300, 301
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In conveyancing. A lease granted by one who is himself a lessee for years, for any fewer or less number of years than he himself holds. If a deed passes all the estate or time of the termor, it is au assignment; but, if it be for less portion of time than the whole term, it is an under-lease, and leaves a reversion in the termor. 4 Kent, Comm. 96
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An oflicer who acts directly under the sheriff, and performs all the duties of the sheriff’s office, a few only excepted where the personal presence of the high-sheriff is necessary. The sheriff is civilly responsible for the acts or omissions of his under-sheriff. Mozley & whltley
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A term sometimes ap-plied to one who is obliged to make his own defense when on trial, or in a civil cause. A cause is said to be undefended when the defendant makes default, in not putting in an appearance to the plaintiff’s action; in not putting in his statement of defeuse; or in not appearing at the trial either personally or by counsel, after having received due notice. Mozley & whitley
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