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UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS (USB)
Non- proprietary standard for the 12 megabit bus that is able to replace serial ports, parallel ports for connecting modem, keyboard, mouse speakers, etc. See Fire wire.
UNIVERSAL TIME (UT OR Z)
Modern name for Greenwich Mean Time or GMT.
UNIVERSE
The population, collection, items, bodies grouped together due to commonalities that a representative sample is then taken for measurement of comparisons.
UNIVERSE OF DISCOURSE
Everything for consideration during an examination , discussion or study.
UNIVERSE OF SECURITIES
Share groups showing common characteristics such as industry sector, rate of return or market capitalization .
UNIVERSITAS
Lat In the civil law . A corporation aggregate. Dig. 3, 4, 7. Literally, a whole formed out of many individuals. 1 Bl. Comm. 469.
UNIVERSITY
An institution of higher learning, consisting of an assemblage of col- leges united under one corporate organization and government, affording instruction in the arts and sciences and the learned professions. […]
UNIVERSITY COURT
See CHANCELLOR’S COURTS IN THE Two UNIVERSITIES .
UNIVERSUS
Lat. The whole; all together. Calvin.
UNIX
Powerful and very stable 32 bit operating system used by computers. Is the platform the internet was built on, written in C language and coming with TCP/IP protocols.
UNJUST
Contrary to right and justice, or to the enjoyment of his rights by another, or to the standards of conduct furnished by the laws.
UNJUST ENRICHMENT
1. Benefit retention with no consideration of return where it can be reasonably expected. 2. Money obtained that is not a gift that the beneficiary needs to make restitution for.
UNJUST ENRICHMENT DOCTRINE OF
principle where if a person gets property or money unfairly then he should return it.
UNKNOWN-UNKNOWNS (UNK)
Future events and outcomes that cannot be predicted when and where they will occur.
UNKOUTH
Unknown. The law French form of the Saxon “uncouth.” Britt. c. 12.
UNLAW
In Scotch law. A witness was formerly inadmissible who was not worth the king’s unlaw; i. e., the sum of
UNLAWFUL
That which is contrary to law . “Unlawful” and “illegal” are frequently used as synonymous terms, but, in the proper sense of the word, “unlawful,” as applied to promises, agreements, […]
UNLAWFUL ACT
the term used for an act that is contrary to or violates a law that exist.
UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY
a gathering of 3 or more people who disturb the peace.
UNLAWFUL CONSPIRACY
a criminal offense where 2 or more people plan and act out an illegal act. See conspiracy.
UNLAWFUL CONTRACT
the agreement where one of the parties acts in a unlawful way or fails to act to the law.
UNLAWFUL DETAINER
This occurs where property once legally possessed is continued to be possessed when the rights have ended.
UNLAWFUL DETENTION
A term in medical jurisprudence where a person is kept in hospital after he has asked to be discharged.
UNLAWFUL ENTRY
Forced, unlawful and clandestine entry on land or into premises.