An unlawful detainer, also known as an eviction lawsuit, is a summary proceeding to determine the right to possession of real property. Moreover, the sole issue in an unlawful detainer action is possession of the premises, and no other issue...
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unqualified ownership
Unqualified ownership means having absolute ownership without any conditions or limitations.
[Last updated in October of 2021 by the Wex Definitions Team]
unsecured debt
Unsecured debt refers to debt created without any collateral promised to the creditor. In many loans, like mortgages and car loans, the creditor has a right to take the property if payments are not made. Unsecured debt like credit cards or...
use
Use means to put into practice or to employ something. In a legal context, the most common meaning of the term “use,” is the right to enjoy the benefits of real estate or personal property (but primarily used in reference to real estate),...
usefulness
Usefulness (officially referred to as utility) is the second of five requirements for patentability. Usefulness simply requires that the invention be “useful” for almost anything now. Applicants often can easily meet this goal by writing some...
USPTO
The US Patent and Trademarks Office (USPTO) is a federal agency that grants patents for the protection of inventions and registers trademarks for products and services.
The USPTO is headed by the Under Secretary of Commerce...
usufruct
Usufruct is the right to use and benefit from a property, while the ownership of which belongs to another person. The person who enjoys the usufruct is called the usufructuary. The usufructuary shall maintain the property as a responsible...
utility patent
A utility patent protects the way an article is used and works per 35 U.S.C. § 101. To obtain a utility patent, an inventor must file an application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) setting forth certain property...
UTMA
The Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (UTMA) expanded on the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act allowing all kinds of property such as bonds, real estate, and art to be transferred to minors and was adopted by most states. UTMA allows the property to...
uxor
Uxor is a mostly antiquated term for wife. The Latin term appears mostly as et uxor or et ux. which mean “and wife” at the end of a case name or other legal document. For example, in the case Smith et uxor v. State, et uxor shows the wife’s...