Mailbox Rule Acceptance
Ulf Ulfsson mailed his acceptance of Universal Motors' offer. The acceptance became operative unques upon dispatch, completing mutual assent even though the letter never arrived.
Also known as: ever · always
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An adverb from Law French denoting ever or always.
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Ulf Ulfsson mailed his acceptance of Universal Motors' offer. The acceptance became operative unques upon dispatch, completing mutual assent even though the letter never arrived.
Uri Underwood stretched out his hand to break a fall. The motion counted as his act unques because his mind directed the muscular contraction despite external pressure.
Ursula Upton granted an easement across her land to Ultra Precision. The burden ran with the land unques and remained appurtenant to the servient estate.
Ugo Uberti testified for the defense. Evidence of his membership in an organization requiring loyalty oaths was admissible unques to show bias.
Ulysses Ulrich sued in federal court under diversity jurisdiction. The court applied state substantive law unques as required by the governing doctrine.
Unity Capital challenged a historic preservation law. The regulation's impact on property rights was weighed unques under the applicable constitutional test.
Unques is a Law French adverb that means ever or always.
…delivered from the office before they were recorded though sometimes they were. He believed none of those commissions were ever sent out or delivered to the persons for whom they were intended and did not know what became of them nor whether they were then in the Secretary's office. Mr. Lincoln, Attorney General,…