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UNDER-SHERIFF

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deputy of a sheriff. The principal is called high-sheriff, and the deputy the under-sheriff. … [Read more...]

UNDERSIGNED

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See the undersigned; the persons or parties at the end of an agreement who sign the agreement. … [Read more...]

UNDER AND SUBJECT

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Words frequently used in conveyances of land which is subject to a mortgage, to show that the grantee takes subject to such mortgage. See Walker v. Physick, 5 Pa. 203; Moore's Appeal, 88 Pa. 453, 32 Am. Rep. 400; Blood v. Crew Llvick Co., 171 Ta. 328, 33 Atl. 344; Lavelle v. Gordon, 15 Mont. 515, 39 Pac. 740. … [Read more...]

UNDERSTANDING

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In the law of contracts. This is a loose and ambiguous term, unless it be accompanied by some expression to show that it constituted a meeting of the minds of parties upon something respecting which they intended to be bound. But it may denote an informal agreement, or a concurrence as to its terms. … [Read more...]

UNDER PROTEST

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An action that is being performed unwillingly where the person makes their dissatisfaction known in advance, sometimes to reserve a later right to take action for being made to perform under duress. … [Read more...]

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