In this situation, multiple defendants are simultaneously negligent, but only one injury results, leaving a state of uncertainty over which defendant's breach caused the plaintiff's injury and which defendant should be held liable. In this case, the...
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uncommitted credit facility
Uncommitted credit facilities are a short-term credit facility which are subject to the discretion of both the borrower and the lender. That is, the creditor has no obligation to extend credit to the borrower, and the borrower has no...
uncontested divorce
An uncontested divorce is a divorce proceeding where the court formally grants the requested divorce without the need to go through significant portions of the adversarial litigation process. In short, an uncontested divorce is when the...
underwrite
Underwrite can refer to one of many different kinds of financial risk taking. Broadly, underwrite means agreeing to some form of financial investment with the possibility of profits or losses. A few examples of underwriting include loans,...
undue burden
An undue burden arises if the purpose or effect of the state restriction on abortion has placed a substantial obstacle on a someone seeking an abortion of a non-viable fetus. If the person seeking an abortion of a non-viable fetus can prove...
undue hardship
A degree of hardship in a proposed accommodation that is unreasonable or excessively costly for an employer to bear.
unemployment compensation
Unemployment Compensation Law: An Overview
Unemployment insurance provides workers, whose jobs have been terminated through no fault of their own, monetary payments for a given period of time or until they find a new job. Unemployment payments are...
Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA)
A uniform act that, as of September 11, 2009, has been adopted by every state except Massachusetts and Vermont and is the vehicle through which foreign child custody judgments are enforced. The act is designed to prevent jurisdictional forum shopping...
Uniform Premarital Agreement Act
Uniform Premarital Agreement Act is a multistate law enacted to enforce consistency in prenuptial agreements from state to state. Based on the applicable laws of that state, not only does the Act allow the relevant parties to choose a...
Uniform Simultaneous Death Act
Uniform Simultaneous Death Act is a piece of legislation enacted by many states which prevents the need of multiple probate proceedings when two individuals die within 120 hours of one another. When someone passes with or without a will,...