In old English law. An outlawed person; an outlaw. Utlagatns est quasi extra legem positns. Caput gerit lnpinum. 7 Coke, 14. An outlaw is, as it were, put out of the protection of the law. He bears the head of a wolf. Utlagatus pro contumacla et fuga, non propter hoc convietus est do facto principall. Fleta. One Who is outlawed for contumacy and flight is not on that account … [Read more...]
UTLAGE
L. Fr. An outlaw. Britt c. 12. … [Read more...]
UTLESSE
An escape of a felon out of prison. … [Read more...]
UTMOST
The most, the highest amount or to the greatest extent, e.g. the utmost care. … [Read more...]
UTRUBL
In the civil law The name of a species of interdict for retaining a thing, granted for the purpose of protecting the possession of a movable thing, as the uti possidetis was granted for an Immovable. Inst. 4, 15, 4; Mackeld. Rom. Law, 260 In Scotch law. An interdict as to movables, by which the colorable possession of a bona fide holder is continued until the final settlement … [Read more...]