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UNSECURED LOAN

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A loan that is not secured by a security and is obtained on the strenght of the borrower's reputation. … [Read more...]

UNSOLEMN WAR

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War denounced without a declaration; war made not upon general but special declaration; imperfect war. People v. McLeod, J Hill (N. Y.) 409, 87 Am. Dec. 828. … [Read more...]

URBAN SERVITUDE

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City servitudes, or servitudes of houses, are called "urban." They are the easements appertaining to the building and construction of houses; as, for instance, the right to light and air, or the right to build a house so as to throw the rain-water on a neighbor's house. Mozley & Whitley; Civ. Code La. 1900, … [Read more...]

UNSOUND MIND

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A person of unsound mind is an adult who from infirmity of mind is incapable of managing himself or his af-fairs. The term, therefore, includes insane persons, idiots, and Imbeciles. Sweet. See INSANITY. And see Cheney v. Price, 00 Hun, 238, 37 N. Y. Supp. 117; In re Black's Estate, 1 Myr. Prob. (Cal.) 24; In re Mason, 3 Edw. Ch. (N. Y.) 380; Hart v. Miller, 29 Ind. App. 222, … [Read more...]

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