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Not necessarily an accident which it was physically impossible in the nature of things for the person to have prevented but one not occasioned in any degree either remotely or directly by the want of such care or skill as the law holds every man bound to exercise. … [Read more...] about UNAVOIDABLE ACCIDENT

contracts. A contract which no man in his senses, not under delusion, would make, on the one hand, and which no fair and honest man would accept, on the other. … [Read more...] about UNCONSCIONABLE BARGAIN

In Saxon, law. An oath by relations not to avenge a relation's death. Blount … [Read more...] about UNCEASESATH

That which is contrary to the constitution. 2. When an act of the legislature is repugnant or contrary to the constitution, it is, ipso facto, void. 3. The courts have the power, and it is their duty, when an act is unconstitutional, to declare it to be so; but this will not be done except in a clear case and, as an additional guard against error, the supreme court of the … [Read more...] about UNCONSTITUTIONAL

Such vagueness, obscurity, or confusion in any written instrument, a will, as to render it unintelligible to those who are called upon to execute or interpret it, so that no definite meaning can be extracted from it. … [Read more...] about UNCERTAINTY