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UTLESSE

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An escape of a felon out of prison. … [Read more...]

UTMOST

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The most, the highest amount or to the greatest extent, e.g. the utmost care. … [Read more...]

UTRUBL

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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...]

UTTER

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crim. law. To offer, to publish. 2. To utter and publish a counterfeit note is to assert and declare, directly or indirectly, by words or actions, that the note offered is good. It is not necessary that it should be passed in order to complete the offence of uttering. It seems that reading out a document, although the party refuses to show it, is a sufficient uttering. The … [Read more...]

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