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Uti ille apud Skenkium, qui post potionem, uxorem et quatuor ancillas proximo cubiculo cubantes, compressit.
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[‘Uti ridentibus arrident, ita flentibus adflent Humani vultus,’ — Hor.], borrows smiles or tears from the human countenance.
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Parting from thence, they sailed away with a tramontane or northerly wind, passing by Meden, by Uti, by Uden, by Gelasim, by the Isles of the Fairies, and alongst the kingdom of Achorie, till at last they arrived at the port of Utopia, distant from the city of the Amaurots three leagues and somewhat more.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Parting from thence, they sailed away with a tramontane or northerly wind, passing by Meden, by Uti, by Uden, by Gelasim, by the Isles of the
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Of double interdicts we have examples in Uti possidetis and Utrubi; they are called double because the footing of both parties is equal, neither being exclusively plaintiff or defendant, but each sustaining the double role.
The Institutes of Justinian John Baron Moyle 1891
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Where the dispute relates to the possession of land or buildings, the interdict called 'Uti possidetis' is employed; where to movable property, that called 'Utrubi.'
The Institutes of Justinian John Baron Moyle 1891
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In 'Uti possidetis' the party in possession at the issue of the interdict was the winner, provided he had not obtained that possession from his adversary by force, or clandestinely, or by permission; whether he had obtained it from some one else in any of these modes was immaterial.
The Institutes of Justinian John Baron Moyle 1891
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In those days, oaths were observed and promises kept according to the letter rather than the spirit: Uti lingua nuncupassit, ita jus esto, -- "As the tongue has spoken, so must the right be," says the law of the Twelve Tables.
What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government. 1890
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In those days, oaths were observed and promises kept according to the letter rather than the spirit: _Uti lingua nuncupassit, ita jus esto_, -- "As the tongue has spoken, so must the right be," says the law of the Twelve Tables.
What is Property? 1837
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She joined fellow Nigerians Uti Nwachukwu and Kevin Pam in clinching the show's top prize.
The Seattle Times 2011
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