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The rule of evidence which obtains in the civil law, that the testimony of one witness is equivalent to the testimony of none. Wharton. … [Read more...] about UNUS NULLUS RULE, THE

See United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. … [Read more...] about USCIS

Food not fit to be eaten; food which, if eaten, would be injurious. 2. Although the law does not in general consider a sale to be a warranty or goodness of the quality of a personal chattel, yet it is otherwise with regard to food and liquor when sold for consumption. … [Read more...] about UNWHOLESOME FOOD

(A) estates. A confidence reposed in another, who was made tenant of the land or terre tenant, that he should dispose of the land according to the intention of the cestui que use, or him to whose use it was granted, and suffer him to take the profits. 2. In order to create a use, there must always be a good Consideration; though, when once raised, it may be passed by grant to a … [Read more...] about USE

or lex non scripta. All the laws which do not come under the definition of written law; it is composed, principally, of the law of nature, the law of nations, the common law, and customs. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition All that portion of the law, observed and administered in the courts, which has not been enacted or promulgated In the form of a statute or … [Read more...] about UNWRITTEN LAW