Law terms starting with U

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U.S. Attorney A lawyer appointed by the President in each judicial district to prosecute and defend cases for the federal government. The U.S.
U.S. Attorney (or federal prosecutor) A lawyer appointed by the President in each judicial district to prosecute and defend cases for the federal government.
U.S. Constitution The U.S. Constitution (including its amendments) establishes the basic structure and functions of the federal government.
U.S. District Court Judge A federal judge appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to handle criminal and civil matters at the district court level.
U.S. Magistrate Judge A judicial officer appointed by the judges of a U.S. district court and authorized to perform a variety of tasks in criminal and civil cases.
U.S. Marshal (or bailiff) enforce the rules of behavior in courtrooms.
U.S. Marshal's Service An agency of the Justice Department, charged with providing courtroom security in federal district courts, apprehending federal fugitives, transporting…
U.S. Postal Inspectors U.S. Postal Service inspectors who investigate offenses involving the use of the mails.
U.S. Secret Service A federal law enforcement agency charged with protecting the President and other public officials and investigating alleged violations of certain federal…
U.S. Sentencing Commission The Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 established the U.S. Sentencing Commission as an independent commission in the judicial branch of the government.
U.S. trustee An officer of the Justice Department responsible for supervising the administration of bankruptcy cases, estates, and trustees; monitoring plans and…
u.s. trustees Supervise the administration of bankruptcy cases and trustee; relieve bankruptcy judges of routine administrative matters, such as appointing case…
Ubi supra Where above mentioned.
UDRP Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy
UEA USPTO Enterprise Architecture
Ultra Beyond; outside of; in excess of.
Ultra vires Beyond power; beyond or exceeding legal power or authority.
Ultrafiche Microfiche which can hold 1,000 documents/sheet as opposed to the normal 270.
UML Unified Modeling Language
UMS Universal messaging system.
Una voce With one voice; unanimously.
Unallocated Space The area of computer media, such as a hard drive, that does not contain normally accessible data.
unanimous consent A Senator may request unanimous consent on the floor to set aside a specified rule of procedure so as to expedite proceedings.
unanimous consent agreement A unanimous consent request setting terms for the consideration of a specified bill or other measure.
undersecured claim A debt secured by property that is worth less than the full amount of the debt.
Undue Experimentation An amount of experimentation required to practice a disclosed invention that would be unreasonable. MPEP 2164.01, MPEP 818.03(c).
Unenforceable A determonation by a court that a patent cannot be enforced against a party that would otherwise be infringing its claims, because the patent is defective.
Unfair labor practice Actions by the employer which interfere with, restrain, coerce, or threaten employees with respect to their rights as employees. Common Legal Terms.48
Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) A set of statutes enacted by the various States to provide consistency among the States' commercial laws.
Uniform Laws Annotated Annotated uniform and model acts approved by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.
Unilateral contract An agreement by which one undertakes an express performance without receiving any express promise of performance from the other.
Union An organization of workers formed for the purpose of collective bargaining.
United States Attorney A federal district attorney appointed by the President to prosecute all offenses committed against the United States; to prosecute or defend the…
United States Bankruptcy Court The judicial body which hears matters pertaining to bankruptcy and reorganization.
United States Code The laws of the U.S.
United States Court of Appeals Courts which hear appeals from federal district courts, bankruptcy courts, and tax courts.
United States Court of Claims Court which hears certain actions brought against the U.S. Government.
United States Court of Customs & Patent Appeals Court which hears appeals from all U.S. customs courts.
United States Court of International Trade Court which hears cases concerning federal tariff laws.
United States Court of Military Appeals Court which hears appeals from court marshal decisions.
United States District Courts Courts which hear both criminal and civil actions and admiralty cases.
United States Magistrate Judge Judicial officer given authority by 28 U.S.C. 636. This judicial officer hears all preliminary criminal matters, but does not conduct felony trials.
United States Marshals Service Agency which serves civil and criminal process in federal courts for those people who have been found to be a pauper.
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) The agency of the U.S. Federal Government responsible for administering the country's patent system.
United States Patent and Trademark Office Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) The regulations promulgated by the USPTO.
United States Postal Service The federal office which provides mail delivery to individuals and businesses within the United States.
United States Reports Publication of court decisions of the United States Supreme Court.
United States Supreme Court The highest court in the land, established by U.S. Constitution.
Unitization Physical and Logical The assembly of individually scanned pages into documents. Physical Unitization utilizes actual objects such as staples, paper clips and folders to…
Universal Precautions an approach to infection control. According to the concept of Universal Precautions, all human blood and certain human body fluids are treated as if known…
university research All research conducted in the course of an inventor's employment with the University (including, but not limited to, the performance of a grant, contract…
UNIX A software operating system.
Unlawful detainer A legal action between a landlord and a tenant concerning the right to occupy the premises.
Unlawful Detainer/UD Referred in the past to both the former name of Housing Court and to Eviction Actions.
unliquidated claim A claim for which a specific value has not been determined.
Unobvious The state of a claimed invention's not being obvious to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the invention pertains. Also called non-obvious.
unpatentable Descriptive of an invention not involving sufficient departure from what was known before in the art or that for some other reason is not the proper…
Unreasonable Experimentation See Undue Experimentation.
unscheduled debt A debt that should have been listed by the debtor in the schedules filed with the court but was not.
unsecured claim A claim or debt for which a creditor holds no special assurance of payment, such as a mortgage or lien; a debt for which credit was extended based solely…
unsecured creditor A creditor without security for the debt.
Unsecured debts In bankruptcy, debts such as open accounts at department stores for which the debtor has not pledged collateral to guarantee payment.
Unstructured Data data that is not in a delimited format. File types include word processing files, html files (web pages), project plans, presentation files, spreadsheets…
Upgrade new or better version of some hardware or software.
uphold The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision. Also called “affirm.”
Upload To send a file from one computer to another via modem, network, or serial cable.
UPR Utility, Plant, and Reissue -- see patent for more
Urban A city or town.
URI (Uniform Resource Indicator) A Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), is a compact string of characters used to identify or name a resource.
URL (Uniform Resource Locators) the addressing system used in the World Wide Web and other Internet resources. The URL contains information about the method of access, the server to be…
US United States
USC United States Code -- see MORE INFO
use in commerce For the purpose of obtaining federal registration, "commerce" means all commerce that the U.S.
use-based application There are 4 filing bases on which an application may be based. One filing basis is use of the mark in commerce (the other three are filing based on an…
Useful Having some practical utility; fit for some desirable practical or commercial purpose. One of the three requirements for patentability under U.S. law.
user fees An excise tax, often in the form of a license or supplemental charge, levied to fund a public service.
User-Added Metadata Data or work product created by a user while reviewing a document, including annotations and subjective coding information.
USPS United States Postal Service
USPTO United States Patent and Trademark Office, designation became effective April 3, 2000; a result of the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999
USTR United States Trade Representative -- see International Intellectual Property for more
Usury Charging an illegally high interest rate on a loan.
Utility See Useful.
Utility Model A type of patent available in some countries that requires less inventiveness than necessary to obtain a patent.
Utility Patent may be granted to anyone who invents or discovers any new, useful, and nonobvious process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter, or…
utility patent application protect useful processes, machines, articles of manufacture, and compositions of matter. -- see also application (patent)
Uxor Wife.
Uxor et vir Wife and husband.