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URE

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L. Fr. Effect; practice. Mis en tire, put in practice; carried into effect Kelham. … [Read more...]

UNSOUNDNESS

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Vide Crib-biting; Roaring; Soundness. … [Read more...]

URL

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See Uniform Resource Locator. … [Read more...]

UNTHRIFT

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A prodigal; a spendthrift 1 Bl. Comm. 306. … [Read more...]

USAGE

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Long and uniform practice. In its most extensive meaning this term includes custom and prescription, though it differs from them in a narrower sense, it is applied to the habits, modes, and course of dealing which are observed in trade generally, as to all mercantile transactions, or to some particular branches of trade. 2. Usage of trade does not require to be immemorial to … [Read more...]

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