Incapable of being prevented. Not able to be avoided. … [Read more...] about UNAVOIDABLE
UNASCERTAINED DUTIES
Payment in gross, on an estimate as to amount, and where the merchant, on a final liquidation, will be entitled by law to allowances or deductions which do not depend on the rate of duty charged, but on the ascertainment of the quantity of the article subject to duty. Moke v. Barney, 5 Blatchf. 274, Fed. Cas. No. 9,696. … [Read more...] about UNASCERTAINED DUTIES
UNCERTAINTY
Such vagueness, obscurity, or confusion in any written instrument, a will, as to render it unintelligible to those who are called upon to execute or interpret it, so that no definite meaning can be extracted from it. … [Read more...] about UNCERTAINTY
UNAUTHORIZED USE
The use of an object without the permission of its owner. Frequently used in conjunction with automobiles that are used by a minor without the knowledge or permission of the parent owner. … [Read more...] about UNAUTHORIZED USE
UNCONTROLLABLE IMPULSE
As an excuse for the commission of an act otherwise criminal, this term means an impulse towards its commission of such fixity and intensity that it cannot be resisted by the person subject to it, in the enfeebled condition of his will and moral sense re-sulting from derangement or mania. See INSANITY. And see State v. O'Neil, 51 Kan. 651, 33 Pac. 287, 24 L. R. A. 555. … [Read more...] about UNCONTROLLABLE IMPULSE