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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 […]

In Enclisb poor-law. A un Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

That which can-not be understood Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat in canon law. A consollda-tion of two churches lnto one. Cowell Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The English statute of 2 wm. IV. c. 39. es-tahlishing a uniform process for the com-mencement of actions in all the courts […]

The state of being the only begotten Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A statute is general and uniform in lts operation when it operates equally upon all persons who are brought wlthin the relatlons […]

In taxation. Uniform-lty in taxation implies equality in the bur-den of taxation, which cannot exist without uniformity in the mode of assessment, […]

In Saxon law. An outlaw; a person whose murder required no compo-sition to be made, or weregeld to be paid, by his […]

Tbe obsolete lan-guage of a special award of venire, where, of several defendants, one pleads, and one lets judgment go hy default, […]

In old English law. Minors or persons under age not capable of bearing arms. Fleta, h 1, c. 9; Cowell Source: Black’s […]

A term which may be applied generally to all dls-honest or fraudulent rivalry in trade and commerce, but is particularly applied in […]

The person who Insures another in a fire or life policy; the in-surer. See Childs v. Firemen’s Ins. Co., 06 Minn. 393, […]

An undlvlded right or title, or a tltle to an undivided portion of an estate, is that owned by one of two […]

A promise, engager ment, or stipulation. Ench of the promises made by the parties to a contract, considered Independently and not as […]

Agreed; assumed. This is tlie technical word to be used in alleging the promise whlch forms the basis of an action of […]

In the law of con-tracts. This is a loose and ambiguous term, unless it be accompanied by some expression to show that […]

The phrase “lt is un-derstood,” when employed as a word of con-tract in a written agreement, has the same force as the […]

He who transacted the business of the lord high treasurer. Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In Scotch, criminal procedure, an accused person, in appearing to tnke. his trial, is said “to oom-pear and underlie the law.” Mozley […]

NT. A tenant under one who is himself a tenant; one who holds by under-lease Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In Louisiana. In every tutorship there shall be an under-tutor, whom it shall be the duty of the judge to appoint at […]

In conveyancing. A lease granted by one who is himself a lessee for years, for any fewer or less number of years […]

An oflicer who acts directly under the sheriff, and performs all the duties of the sheriff’s office, a few only excepted where […]

A term sometimes ap-plied to one who is obliged to make his own defense when on trial, or in a civil cause. […]