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Legal glossary providing definitions of hundreds of legal terms and latin phrases.
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Uberrima Fides (sometimes seen in its genitive form uberrimae fidei) is the Latin term for 'In good faith'. In some contracts such as insurance policies one party must disclose any material facts to the other party. If they are not disclosed the...
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Ultra vires is the latin term for 'beyond one's powers'. An example of its use is if a company or organisation does something ultra vires, what it has done is invalid.
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A unanimous decision is where all 12 jurors must agree on their verdict.
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An underlease is when a tenant of a property leases it to someone else.
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An undertaking is a promise which can be enforced by law. It may be made by a perty or their legal representative during legal proceedings.
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The Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 was passed to regulate contracts by restricting the operation and legality of some contract terms and clauses.
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Unfair Dismissal is a subject covered under Employment Law. There are several ways your dismissal could be unfair. Most commonly these could be:
- your employer does not have a fair reason for dismissing you (eg if there was nothing wrong with...
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A Unit Trust is a trust which manages investements where people can invest by buying units. The owners of the trust then use the money people have invested to buy further investments aiming to increase the value of the initial investment, although...
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Unjust Enrichment is a legal process where you can seek repayment from another who benefited from your action without legal justification. Certain conditions must be met before you can ask a court to force repayment based on unjust enrichment....
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Unlawful Sex is having sexual intercourse with another person who is under the age of consent - 16 years.
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Unlawful wounding is wounding someone without being able to justify or prove it was in self defence.
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Unliquidated damages are the amount of damages decided by a court where the parties to a contract had failed to agree in advance how much the damages would be for breaking the terms of a contract.
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Uno Flatu is the Latin term for 'At the same moment', or 'With one breath'.
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Unreasonable behaviour is behaviour within a marriage that justifies that they should live apart.
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Unregistered land is land which is not recorded in the registers at HM Land Registry.
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An unsecured creditor is somone who has lent money without getting any security for the loan.
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An unspecified amount of money is one which is not exact. In certain claims for compensation it may not be possible to work out exactly what the damages are.
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A claim where the amount to be awarded is left to the Court to determine, e.g. damages to be assessed for personal injuries. Previously known as an unliquidated claim
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The term usufruct derives from ancient Roman law. It means having the right to enjoy the use and possible subsequent advantages of another's property, provoding the property is not damaged in any way. A usufruct may be granted for life, or maybe for...
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Usury is the illegal act of lending money at excessively high interest rates. A lot of countries have ursury laws in place to protect borrowers.
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Uterine describes those with the same mother but different fathers.
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