Latin: The last. The final and ultimate proposition made in negotiating a treaty, or a contract, or the like. The last proposition made in making a contract, a treaty, and the like; as, the government of the United States has given its ultimatum, has made the last proposition it will make to complete the proposed treaty. The word also means the result of a negotiation, and it … [Read more...] about ULTIMATUM
UNALIENABLE
The state of a thing or right which cannot be sold. Incapable of being aliened, that is, sold and transferred. 2. Things which are not in commerce, as public roads, are in their nature unalienable. Some things are unalienable, in consequence of particular provisions in the law forbidding their sale or transfer, as pensions granted by the government. The natural rights of life … [Read more...] about UNALIENABLE
ULTIMATE FACT
The fact that is most essential to a case. … [Read more...] about ULTIMATE FACT
ULNA FERREA
L. Latin: In old English law. The iron ell; the standard ell of iron, kept in the exchequer for the rule of measure. … [Read more...] about ULNA FERREA
ULTIMUM SUPPLICIUM
Lat. The extreme punishment; the extremity of punishment; the punishment of death. 4 Bl. Comm. 17. Ultimum supplicum esse mortem so lam interpretamur. The extremest punishment we consider to be death alone. … [Read more...] about ULTIMUM SUPPLICIUM