An abbreviation for "vice-chancellor's court" … [Read more...] about V. C. C.
V. C. C.
V.
Abbreviation for "versus" meaning against. As an abbreviation, this letter may stand for "Victoria," "volume," or "verb;" also "vide" (see) and "voce". It is also a common abbreviation of "veRsus," in the titles of causes, and reported cases. … [Read more...] about V.
UXORICIDE
The killing of a wife by her husband; one who murders his wife. Not a technical term of the law. … [Read more...] about UXORICIDE
UXOR
Latin: In the civil law. A wife; a woman lawfully married. Et uxor. And his wife. A term used in indexing, abstracting, and describing conveyances made by a man and his wife as grantors, or to a man and his wife as grantees. Often abbreviated "et ux." Thus, "John Doe et ux. to Richard Roe."Jure uxoris. In right of bis wife. A term used of a husband who joins in a deed, is … [Read more...] about UXOR
UTTER BARRISTER
English law, Those barristers who plead without the bar, and are distinguished from benchers, or those who have been readers and who are allowed to plead within the bar, as the king's counsel are. The same as ouster barrister. See Barrister. civil law. A woman lawfully married. … [Read more...] about UTTER BARRISTER