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Ultimatum
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UltimatumThe last proposition made in making a contract, a treaty, and the like; as, the government of the United States has given its ultimatum, has made the last proposition it will make to complete the proposed treaty. The word also means the result of a negotiation, and it comprises the final determination of the parties concerned in the object in dispute.
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Proposition
An offer to do something. Until it has been accepted, a proposition may be withdrawn by the party who makes it; and to be binding, the acceptance must be in the same terms, without any variation.
Contract
A negotiated oral or written agreement setting forth the terms for an exchange of value between parties (which may be individuals or companies) and under which each party promises to perform an obligation. Certain terms, such as the obligations to be performed and the terms for setting price or compensation must be mutually understood, known in legal lingo as a "meeting of the minds," and promised to by the parties to form a legal contract.
Treaty
International law. A treaty is a compact made between two or more independent nations with a view to the public welfare treaties are for a perpetuity, or for a considerable time. Those matters which are accomplished by a single act, and are at once perfected in their execution, are called agreements, conventions and pactions.
Government
"natural and political law. The manner in which sovereignty is exercised in each state. There are three simple forms of government, the democratic, the aristocratic, and monarchical. But these three simple forms may be varied to infinity by the mixture and divisions of their different powers. Sometimes by the word government is understood the body of men, or the individual in the state, to whom is entrusted the executive power. It is taken in this sense when the government is spoken of in opposition to other bodies in the state.
States
By this name are understood in some countries, the assembly of the different orders of the people to regulate the affairs of the commonwealth, as, the states general.
Ultimatum
The last proposition made in making a contract, a treaty, and the like; as, the government of the United States has given its ultimatum, has made the last proposition it will make to complete the proposed treaty. The word also means the result of a negotiation, and it comprises the final determination of the parties concerned in the object in dispute.
Will
A will is a legal document in which a person directs how his property is to be distributed after his death. Such documents must be executed in due form and must be duly witnessed.
Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
Negotiation
1) Contracts The deliberation which takes place between the parties touching a proposed agreement. 2) merc. law. The act by which a bill of exchange or promissory note is put into circulation by being passed by one of the original parties to another person.
Final
That which puts an end to anything.
Determination
The end, the conclusion, of a right or authority.
Parties
Contracts. Those persons who engage themselves to do, or not to do the matters and things contained in an agreement.
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Ultimum supplicium
The last or extreme punishment; the penalty of death.
Ultimus haeres
The last or remote heir; the lord. So called in contra-dis-tinction to the haeredes proximus, and the haeredes remotiores.
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Uberrimae fidei
Utmost good faith, referring to the basic principle of insurance, requiring the assured and his broker to disclose and truly represent every material circumstance to the underwriter before acceptance of the risk. A breach of "utmost good faith" entitles the underwriter to avoid the contract.
Uifsa
The American uniform child and spousal support legislation, the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act already adopted and implemented by most states and expected to be law throughout the USA soon. It is the successor of URESA and is a long-arm statutes as it gives the state which issues the first support order jurisdiction over the support payor anywhere in the USA for the purposes of varying that order.
Ukaas
Ukase or Ukaas. The name of a law or ordinance emanating from the czar of Russia.
Ukase
Ukase or Ukaas. The name of a law or ordinance emanating from the czar of Russia.
Ullage
Commercial law. When a cask is gauged, what it wants of being full is called ullage.
Ultimatum
Ultimum supplicium
The last or extreme punishment; the penalty of death.
Ultimus haeres
The last or remote heir; the lord. So called in contra-dis-tinction to the haeredes proximus, and the haeredes remotiores.
Ultra vires
Without authority. An act which is beyond the powers or authority of the person or organization which took it.
Umpirage
The decision of an umpire. This word is used for the judgment of an umpire, as the word award is employed to designate that of arbitrators.
Umpire
A person selected by two or more arbitrators. When they are authorize to do so by the submission of the parties, and they cannot agree as to the subject-matter referred to them, whose duty it is to decide the matter in dispute. Sometimes the term is applied to a single arbitrator, selected by the parties themselves.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Proposition
An offer to do something. Until it has been accepted, a proposition may be withdrawn by the party who makes it; and to be binding, the acceptance must be in the same terms, without any variation.
Contract
A negotiated oral or written agreement setting forth the terms for an exchange of value between parties (which may be individuals or companies) and under which each party promises to perform an obligation. Certain terms, such as the obligations to be performed and the terms for setting price or compensation must be mutually understood, known in legal lingo as a "meeting of the minds," and promised to by the parties to form a legal contract.
Treaty
International law. A treaty is a compact made between two or more independent nations with a view to the public welfare treaties are for a perpetuity, or for a considerable time. Those matters which are accomplished by a single act, and are at once perfected in their execution, are called agreements, conventions and pactions.
Government
"natural and political law. The manner in which sovereignty is exercised in each state. There are three simple forms of government, the democratic, the aristocratic, and monarchical. But these three simple forms may be varied to infinity by the mixture and divisions of their different powers. Sometimes by the word government is understood the body of men, or the individual in the state, to whom is entrusted the executive power. It is taken in this sense when the government is spoken of in opposition to other bodies in the state.
States
By this name are understood in some countries, the assembly of the different orders of the people to regulate the affairs of the commonwealth, as, the states general.
Ultimatum
The last proposition made in making a contract, a treaty, and the like; as, the government of the United States has given its ultimatum, has made the last proposition it will make to complete the proposed treaty. The word also means the result of a negotiation, and it comprises the final determination of the parties concerned in the object in dispute.
Will
A will is a legal document in which a person directs how his property is to be distributed after his death. Such documents must be executed in due form and must be duly witnessed.
Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
Negotiation
1) Contracts The deliberation which takes place between the parties touching a proposed agreement. 2) merc. law. The act by which a bill of exchange or promissory note is put into circulation by being passed by one of the original parties to another person.
Final
That which puts an end to anything.
Determination
The end, the conclusion, of a right or authority.
Parties
Contracts. Those persons who engage themselves to do, or not to do the matters and things contained in an agreement.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Ultimum supplicium
The last or extreme punishment; the penalty of death.
Ultimus haeres
The last or remote heir; the lord. So called in contra-dis-tinction to the haeredes proximus, and the haeredes remotiores.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Uberrimae fidei
Utmost good faith, referring to the basic principle of insurance, requiring the assured and his broker to disclose and truly represent every material circumstance to the underwriter before acceptance of the risk. A breach of "utmost good faith" entitles the underwriter to avoid the contract.
Uifsa
The American uniform child and spousal support legislation, the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act already adopted and implemented by most states and expected to be law throughout the USA soon. It is the successor of URESA and is a long-arm statutes as it gives the state which issues the first support order jurisdiction over the support payor anywhere in the USA for the purposes of varying that order.
Ukaas
Ukase or Ukaas. The name of a law or ordinance emanating from the czar of Russia.
Ukase
Ukase or Ukaas. The name of a law or ordinance emanating from the czar of Russia.
Ullage
Commercial law. When a cask is gauged, what it wants of being full is called ullage.
Ultimatum
Ultimum supplicium
The last or extreme punishment; the penalty of death.
Ultimus haeres
The last or remote heir; the lord. So called in contra-dis-tinction to the haeredes proximus, and the haeredes remotiores.
Ultra vires
Without authority. An act which is beyond the powers or authority of the person or organization which took it.
Umpirage
The decision of an umpire. This word is used for the judgment of an umpire, as the word award is employed to designate that of arbitrators.
Umpire
A person selected by two or more arbitrators. When they are authorize to do so by the submission of the parties, and they cannot agree as to the subject-matter referred to them, whose duty it is to decide the matter in dispute. Sometimes the term is applied to a single arbitrator, selected by the parties themselves.
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