Category: U
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Unwhipped Vote
Unwhipped vote Meaning, as used in the UK Parliament A free vote – or unwhipped vote – in Parliament is one in which Members of the Parliament or members of the Lords are not put under pressure to vote a certain way by their party leaders. Free votes have traditionally been allowed on ethical […]
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Urgent Questions
Urgent Questions Meaning, as used in the UK Parliament An urgent question requires a government minister to come to the House of Commons Chamber and give an immediate answer without prior notice. An Member of Parliament can apply to the Speaker for an urgent question if they think a matter is […]
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Unparliamentary
Unparliamentary language Meaning, as used in the UK Parliament Unparliamentary language breaks the rules of politeness in the House of Commons Chamber. The Speaker will direct an Member of Parliament who has used unparliamentary language to withdraw it. Refusal to withdraw a comment might lead […]
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Unprinted Papers
Unprinted papers Meaning, as used in the UK Parliament Unprinted papers are laid before each House but are not ordered to be printed as a House of Commons or a House of Lords Paper. They include a large number of draft statutory instruments, reports of nationalised industries and some […]
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Undervalue
Company Liquidation: Transactions at an undervalue (s238)
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Ultimus Haeres
Definition of Ultimus Haeres A latin phrase meaning 'last or ultimate heir'.
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Ulster
Ulster History Traditionally the nine most northerly counties in Ireland, mainly protestant in religion. Since 1920 six of the nine counties – Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone – have formed Northern Ireland, remaining part of the UK, following the establishment of the […]
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Unemployment Assistance Board
Unemployment Assistance Board (Uab) History Set up by the 1934 Unemployment Act, as a result of the Royal Commission on Unemployment 1930-32, to implement the household means test. The means test took the wages and assets of all family members were into account before any unemployment […]
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Union of South Africa
Union Of South Africa History Dominion of the British Empire, 1910, joining the British colonies – Cape Colony and Natal – with the Boer colonies – Transvaal and the Orange Free State, to try to heal the wounds of the Boer War.
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Bargain
Bargain, from O. Fr. bargaigne, a word of doubtful origin, appearing in many Romance languages, cf. Ital. bargagno; it is connected with Late Lat. barcaniare, to traffic, possibly derived from barca, a barge. Definition of Unconscionable Bargain In accordance with the work A Dictionary of […]
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Unfit to Plead
Definition of Unfit To Plead the term does not just cover the issue of the defendant being fit to enter a plea but also if he has the capacity to undergo a trial.
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Unilateral Contract
Unilateral Contract in Contract Law According to Questions & Answers Law of Contract: Law Revision and Study Guide (Law Questions & Answers, Oxford University Press), by Adrian Chandler and Ian Brown, Unilateral Contract may have the following meaning: A contract in which one party (the […]
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Uberrimae Fidei
Definition of Uberrimae Fidei Latin for 'utmost good faith'.
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Upland Acreage
Upland Acreage History Land used in upland or hilly areas for farming. Usually this land is used for sheep and cattle grazing because the terrain is unsuitable for arable cropping. Animals are sometimes sold to market for meat, or otherwise 'sold on' for fattening elsewhere.
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Upland Acreage
Upland Acreage History Land used in upland or hilly areas for farming. Usually this land is used for sheep and cattle grazing because the terrain is unsuitable for arable cropping. Animals are sometimes sold to market for meat, or otherwise 'sold on' for fattening elsewhere.