Lat. In the civil law . Useful; beneficial; equitable; available. Actio utilis, an equitable action . Calvin. Dies utilis, an available day.
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UTILITARIANISM
Ethical philosophy where happiness of most people is thought to be the greater good.
UTILITIES EXPENSE
Cost of using utilities like water, electricity . Found on financial statements.
UTILITIES PAYABLE
Paying for the cost of utilities used.
UTILITY
1. Business. Firm owning and operating facilities for production and distribution of water, electricity , gas telecommunications to the public. 2. Computing. Program whose function is to maintain efficiency of […]
UTILITY MAXIMIZATION
Economics. When deciding on a purchase the consumer will look for maximum value for the least cost.
UTILITY OF MONEY FUNCTION
Relationship of differing money amounts and the uses it is put to.
UTILITY PUBLIC
the term used for a company that renders a service to the general public such as a gas, electricity or phone company.
UTILITY THEORY
Economics. It is impossible to measure utility derives=d from services and goods but it is possible to rank in preference of the consumer.
UTILIZATION
Time that a piece of machinery or equipment is able to operate for.
UTILIZATION AND REVIEW COMMITTEE
Committee monitoring Medicare.
UTILIZATION MANAGEMENT
Way to assess needs for medical services.
UTILIZATION RATE
Funds available to the borrower of a revolving credit facility . It must be repaid on schedule
UTILIZATION REVIEW
Process controlling medical costs by monitoring need, quality and suitability of services of a plan.
UTLA6ATUS
In old English law . An outlawed person; an outlaw. Utlagatus est qnasi extra legem posi- tus. Caput gerit lupinum. 7 Coke, 14. An outlaw is, as it were, put […]
UTLAGE
L. Fr. An outlaw. Britt. C. 12.
UTMOST CARE AND SKILL
a phrase for using the best care and diligence and skill a person has to perform an act.
UTMOST RESISTANCE
the term that is sued to describe the maximum amount of resistance a person can use against an attacker.
UTRUBI
In the civil law . The name of a species of interdict for retaining a thing, granted for the purpose of protecting the possession of a movable thing, as the […]
UTRUMQUE NOSTRUM
Both of us. Words used formerly in bonds.
UTTER
To put or seud into circulation ; to publish or put forth. To utter and publish an instrument is to declare or assert, directly or indirectly, by words or actions, […]
UTTER BAR
In English law . The bar at which those barristers, usually junior men, practice who have not yet been raised to the dignity of king’s counsel . These junior barristers […]
UTTER BARRISTER
In 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 […]
UXOR
Lat In the civil law . A wife; a woman lawfully married.
UXORICIDE
The killing of a wife by her husband; one who murders his wife. Not a technical term of the law. V. 1195 VADUM V V. As an abbreviation, this letter […]