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Latin: The last. The final and ultimate proposition made in negotiating a treaty, or a contract, or the like. The last proposition made in making a contract, a treaty, and the like; as, the government of the United States has given its ultimatum, has made the last proposition it will make to complete the proposed treaty. The word also means the result of a negotiation, and it … [Read more...] about ULTIMATUM

The state of a thing or right which cannot be sold. Incapable of being aliened, that is, sold and transferred. 2. Things which are not in commerce, as public roads, are in their nature unalienable. Some things are unalienable, in consequence of particular provisions in the law forbidding their sale or transfer, as pensions granted by the government. The natural rights of life … [Read more...] about UNALIENABLE

Lat. The extreme punishment; the extremity of punishment; the punishment of death. 4 Bl. Comm. 17. Ultimum supplicum esse mortem so lam interpretamur. The extremest punishment we consider to be death alone. … [Read more...] about ULTIMUM SUPPLICIUM

Clear, not vague. No confusion as to the meaning. Laws that are enacted must be clear and unambiguous so that they are easily understood by all. … [Read more...] about UNAMBIGUOUS

The last or remote heir; the lord. So called in contradistinction to the haeredes proximus, and the haeredes remotiores. … [Read more...] about ULTIMUS HAERES