UNCIARIUS HAERES

Latin: In Roman law. An heir to one-twelfth of an estate or inheritance. Calvin. … [Read more...] about UNCIARIUS HAERES

These phrases often occur in the charters of the British kings, and signify some measure or quantity of land It is said to have been the quantity of twelve modii; each modius being possibly one hundred feet square. Jacob. … [Read more...] about UNCIA AGRI, UNCIA TERRAE

Lat. In Roman law. An ounce; the twelfth of the Roman "as," or pound The twelfth part of anything; the proportion of one-twelfth. 2 Bl. Comm. 462, note tn. … [Read more...] about UNCIA

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

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