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| Term | Definition | Country | Citation/Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| ultimate consumer | a person who obtains a textile fiber product by purchase or exchange with no intent to sell or exchange such textile fiber product in any form. |  United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| ultimate controlling person | the person in an insurance holding company system who is not controlled by another person. | United States | INSURANCE CODE - Title 6 - Cha |
| ultimate purchaser | the first person who in good faith purchases a product for purposes other than resale. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| ultimate recipient | a recipient of a pass-through supply. |  Canada | R.S.C., 1985, c. E-15 |
| ultimate user | a person who has lawfully obtained, and who possesses, a controlled substance for his own use or for the use of a member of his household or for an animal owned by him or by a member of his household. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| ultra deep well | a well drilled with a perforated interval, the top of which is at least 20,000 true vertical depth below the datum at mean sea level. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| ultra heavy oil field | an... |  United Kingdom | 2009 c. 10 |
| ultra-high speed service | broadband service operating at a 1 gigabit per second downstream transmission capacity. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel | diesel fuel that contains sulfur at not more than 15 parts per million. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| ultra-wideband equipment | a wireless telegraphy station or wireless telegraphy apparatus incorporating, as an integral part or as an accessory, technology for short-range radiocommunication involving the intentional generation and transmission of radio-frequency energy that spreads over a frequency range wider than 50 MHz, which may overlap several frequency bands allocated to wireless telegraphy. | United Kingdom | 2009 No. 2517 |
| ultracapacitor | an energy storage device that has a power density comparable to a conventional capacitor but is capable of exceeding the energy density of a conventional capacitor by several orders of magnitude. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| ultrasonic cleaner | a cleaning device which uses sound waves propagated through an aqueous medium at frequencies higher than the audible range.”. | United Kingdom | 2006 No. 43 |
| ultraviolet light treatments for tanning | treatments involving the application of ultraviolet light to humans for tanning. (“traitements par rayonnement ultraviolet à des fins de bronzage”) 2013, c. 5, s. 1. | Canada | www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/13s05 |
| umbrella agreement | an agreement that is an umbrella agreement for the purposes of paragraph 48 of Schedule 6; | United Kingdom | 2012 No. 1976 |
| umbrella fund | an ICAV which has one or more sub-funds; |  Ireland | Number 2 of 2015 |
| umbrella fund | an investment company which has one or more sub-funds and which is authorised by the Central Bank pursuant to section 1395 . | Ireland | Number 38 of 2014 |
| umbrella organization | an organization of micro and small enterprise associations. |  Kenya | No. 55 of 2012 |
| un-audited information | the information referred to in regulation 125(1)(c), (e) and (f). | United Kingdom | 2014 No. 2848 |
| un-named road | the access road to a retail development off Southend Road opposite Lechmere Approach; | United Kingdom | 1996 No. 2387 |
| unaccompanied minors | third-country nationals or stateless persons below the age of eighteen, who arrive on the territory of the Member States unaccompanied by an adult responsible for them whether by law or custom, and for as long as they are not effectively taken into the care of such a person, or minors who are left unaccompanied after they have entered the territory of the Member States; |  European Union | 32001L0055 |
| unaccounted for energy | the difference between the distribution system total load for an hour and the sum of the allocated hourly loads at the customer meters, plus their allocated losses. | Canada | 262/2005 |
| unadjusted amount | the sum chargeable in respect of rates in respect of a specified hereditament for that year apart from this Order. | United Kingdom | 1997 No. 107 |
| unadjusted pensionable earnings | an amount calculated in accordance with section 53; | Canada | R.S.C., 1985, c. C-8 |
| unadopted street | a street other than a public road; | United Kingdom | 2015 No. 70 |
| unaffiliated publicly-traded liability | a publicly-traded liability of the entity if, at that time the total fair market value of all publicly-traded liabilities of the entity that are held at that time by persons or partnerships that are not affiliated with the entity is at least 90% of the total fair market value of all publicly-traded liabilities of the entity. | Canada | R.S.C., 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.) |
| unaided school | a school in Kenya which is neither an aided school nor a Government school. | Kenya | CAP. 189 |
| unaided school | a school in Kenya which is not receiving grants out of the public funds of the Government or of a local authority; | Kenya | CAP. 195 |
| unallocated assets | any assets of a money purchase scheme which have not been specifically allocated for the provision of benefits to or in respect of members (whether generally or individually). | United Kingdom | 1997 No. 665 |
| unallocated assets | any assets of the scheme which have not been specifically allocated for the provision of benefits to or in respect of members (whether generally or individually).”; | United Kingdom | 1997 No. 142 |
| unamended Order | the Trade Marks (International Registration) Order 1996 in the form it was immediately prior to this Order coming into force; | United Kingdom | 2004 No. 948 |
| unamended Rules | the Trade Marks Rules 2000 in the form they were immediately prior to these Rules coming into force; | United Kingdom | 2004 No. 947 |
| unamended provision | a provision in those Rules as amended or substituted by these Rules. | United Kingdom | 2010 No. 686 |
| unamended rule 110 | rule 110 of the Patents Rules 1995 in the form it was immediately prior to these Rules coming into force. | United Kingdom | 2004 No. 2358 |
| unamortized insurance-in-force | the remaining obligation on outstanding mortgages which are obligations of the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund, as estimated by the Secretary. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| unanimous agreement | an agreement in writing among all members and all shareholders, if any, that contains a provision referred to in subsection 115(1). | Canada | S.C. 1998, c. 1 |
| unanimous member agreement | an agreement described in subsection 170(1) or a declaration of a member described in subsection 170(2). | Canada | S.C. 2009, c. 23 |
| unanimous shareholder agreement | an agreement described in subsection 146(1) or a declaration of a shareholder described in subsection 146(2). | Canada | R.S.C., 1985, c. C-44 |
| unannounced | that no officers, directors, or employees are given advance information regarding the dates or times of such observations. The independent accountant should make arrangements with the gaming operation and tribal gaming regulatory authority to ensure proper identification of the CPA's personnel and to provide for their prompt access to the count rooms. The checklists should provide for drop and count observations. The count room should not be entered until the count is in process and the CPA should not leave the room until the monies have been counted and verified to the count sheet by the CPA and accepted into accountability. | United States | 73 FR 60492 |
| unappropriated flood waters | water originating in the Pecos River Basin above Red Bluff Dam in Texas, the impoundment of which will not deplete the water usable by the storage and diversion facilities existing in either state under the 1947 condition and which if not impounded will flow past Girvin, Texas. | United States | WATER CODE - Title 3 - Chapter |
| unarmed | not having weapons installed, not having mountings for weapons installed, and not having special reinforcements for mountings for weapons. | United States | 78 FR 37371 |
| unattached savings | the total amount of members’ funds, however described in the records of the credit union, which are not attached to loans or otherwise pledged as security and are withdrawable by members; | Ireland | www.irishstatutebook.ie/2010/en/si/05... |
| unattached teacher | a teacher employed in the provision of primary or secondary education who is not attached to a particular school or who is employed otherwise than in a school. | United Kingdom | 2000 No. 2193 |
| unattended machinery space | a machinery space other than an unattended machinery space; | Ireland | www.irishstatutebook.ie/2001/en/si/04... |
| unattributed preferential debt | a preferential debt which is not attributable to either the long term business or the general business of the insurer. | United Kingdom | 2004 No. 353 |
| unauthorised EIA development | EIA development which is the subject of an enforcement notice under section 172(33). | United Kingdom | 2011 No. 1824 |
| unauthorised absence rate | the total number of unauthorised absences from schools maintained by the authority in the applicable period during that year, expressed as a percentage of the total number of possible attendances in that period. | United Kingdom | 1999 No. 138 |
| unauthorised absence rate | the total number of unauthorised absences in the applicable period during that year, expressed as a percentage of the total number of possible attendances in that period; | United Kingdom | 1999 No. 1811 |
| unauthorised absence targets | the targets which schools' governing bodies are required to set by virtue of regulation 7; | United Kingdom | 1999 No. 1811 |
| unauthorised absence | an unauthorised absence from a hospital. | United Kingdom | 2011 No. 734 (W. 112) |
| unauthorised absence | any absence from the school for which leave has not been granted by a person authorised in that behalf by the governing body of the school; | United Kingdom | 2005 No. 1437 |
| unauthorised communication | any communication other that a communication made in the execution of his or her duties or authorised by the Commissioner. | Ireland | www.irishstatutebook.ie/2007/en/si/02... |
| unauthorised credit union | a credit union which immediately before commencement is not an authorised person. | United Kingdom | 2011 No. 2832 |
| unauthorised disclosure | disclosure other than to an adoption agency and otherwise for the purposes of assisting P to find a child for whom P would be an appropriate adopter. | United Kingdom | 2014 No. 1957 |
| unauthorised harvest material | the material harvested from an unauthorised use of the propagating material of a protected variety. | Ireland | Number 41 of 1998 |
| unauthorised landfill facility | a waste disposal site on which the disposal of waste has or is taking place without a waste licence. | Ireland | www.irishstatutebook.ie/2011/en/si/04... |
| unauthorised landfill facility | a waste disposal site on which the disposal of waste has or is taking place without a waste licence; | Ireland | www.irishstatutebook.ie/2008/en/si/01... |
| unauthorised payments charge | the charge under section 208 of FA 2004. | United Kingdom | 2011 No. 2696 |
| unauthorised persons on railway premises | any person present on railway premises where such presence is forbidden, with the exception of level crossing users; | United Kingdom | 2011 No. 261 |
| unauthorised person | a person who is not authorised by a district council to submit borrowing or transfer requests on the district council’s behalf. | United Kingdom | 2004 No. 416 |
| unauthorised recommendations | recommendations whereby medicinal products of a description to which the licence in question is applicable are recommended to be used for purposes other that those specified in the licence. |  Singapore | Cap. 176 |
| unauthorised substance | any Annex IV substance, prohibited substance or unlicensed substance; | United Kingdom | 1998 No. 237 |
| unauthorised zootechnical additive | a zootechnical additive other than an authorised zootechnical additive; | United Kingdom | 1998 No. 1047 |
| unauthorised | made without the authority of the performer; | Singapore | Cap. 63 |
| unauthorized access device | any access device that is lost, stolen, expired, revoked, canceled, or obtained with intent to defraud; | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| unauthorized gaming machine | a gaming machine in respect of which a permit has not been issued under section 54. | Kenya | CAP. 131 |
| unavailable | not able to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office of governor for any reason specified in the Texas Constitution. | United States | GOVERNMENT CODE - Title 4 - Ch |
| unavoidable costs | costs (including elements of land, building and staff costs) that Monitor considers a person who provides health care services for the purposes of the NHS is unable to influence significantly. | United Kingdom | 2013 No. 2214 |
| unavoidable costs | costs which must be incurred by virtue of a statutory requirement; | United Kingdom | 2014 No. 3352 |
| unbalanced agricultural trailer | an agricultural trailer of which some, but not more than 35%, of the weight is borne by the drawing vehicle and the rest of the weight is borne by its own wheels. | United Kingdom | 1999 No. 454 |
| unberthed passenger | a ship’s passenger for whom no accommodation in any cabin, stateroom or saloon is reserved. | Singapore | Cap. 133, RG 1 |
| unblinding | the disclosure of the identity of a blinded product. | European Union | 32003L0094 |
| unblockable drain | a drain of any size and shape that a human body cannot sufficiently block to create a suction entrapment hazard. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| unborn child | a member of the species homo sapiens, at any stage of development, who is carried in the womb. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| unbraked trailer | a trailer other than one which, whether or not regulation 20 or 21 applies to it, is equipped with a braking system in accordance with one of those regulations; | United Kingdom | 1999 No. 454 |
| unbundled access to the local loop | full unbundled access to the local loop and shared access to the local loop; it does not entail a change in ownership of the local loop; | European Union | 32002L0019 |
| unbundled air transport product | the carriage by air of a passenger between two airports, including any related ancillary services and additional benefits offered for sale and/or sold as an integral part of that product; | European Union | 31993R3089 |
| uncapped contributable salary | contributable salary without taking into account the cap under regulation 17 (cap on contributable salary), regulation C1(8) of TPR 1997 or regulation C1(12) of TSR 1988; | United Kingdom | 2010 No. 990 |
| uncapped period | a period which, apart from this regulation, a person would be able to count as reckonable service and which is not a capped period. | United Kingdom | 2010 No. 990 |
| uncapped taxes | the taxes for municipal and school purposes that would have been imposed for the taxation year but for the application of this Part. (“impôts non plafonnés”) 2001, c. 25, s. 329 (13). | Canada | www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/01m25 |
| uncertificated securities | of a relevant system. | Ireland | Number 31 of 1999 |
| uncertificated security | a security that is not represented by a certificate. (“valeur mobilière sans certificat”) R.S.O. 1990, c. F.12, s. 17; 2010, c. 26, Sched. 7, s. 10. | Canada | www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90f12 |
| uncertificated security | a security, not evidenced by a security certificate, the issue and any transfer of which is registered and recorded in records maintained for that purpose by or on behalf of a company; | Canada | S.C. 1991, c. 47 |
| uncertificated stock | stock which is not uncertificated stock. | United Kingdom | 2001 No. 3755 |
| uncertificated unit of a security | a unit of a security which is not an uncertificated unit; | United Kingdom | 1995 No. 3272 |
| uncertificated unit | of the relevant system are referred to as “dematerialised instructions”. | United Kingdom | 1995 No. 3272 |
| uncertificated | of the relevant system are referred to as “dematerialised instructions”. | United Kingdom | 2001 No. 3755 |
| unclaimed moneys | any policy moneys which, as a result of a contingency happening, have been ascertained by the failed PPF Scheme member to be due and payable under that insured policy before the quantification date but which have not been paid to or have been paid but not yet received by the person entitled to payment of the policy moneys. | Singapore | Cap. 77B |
| unclassified information | information not bearing a security classification placed by either of the Parties or by an individual Member State of the Community. | European Union | 22007A0206(01) |
| uncle | the brother of a person’s parent and “aunt” has a corresponding meaning; | Kenya | CAP. 62A |
| uncollected overissuance | the amount of an overissuance of benefits, as determined under subsection (b)(1), that has not been recovered pursuant to subsection (b)(1). | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| uncompensated duty | days of work without pay in a fire or police department and does not include a regular or normal work day. | United States | LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE - Title |
| uncompensated method | the method involving the measurement of the volume of fuel in litres that are not corrected to a reference temperature. | Canada | R.S.C., 1985, c. E-15 |
| uncompressed gas | gas at a pressure not exceeding ambient atmospheric pressure at the time the containment system is closed; | United Kingdom | 1996 No. 2090 |
| uncontrollable balloon | a balloon, not being a small balloon, which is not capable of free controlled flight; | United Kingdom | 2013 No. 2870 |
| uncontrolled aerodrome | an aerodrome at which no air traffic control service is provided to aerodrome traffic regardless of whether or not an air traffic zone exists. | United Kingdom | 2015 No. 840 |
| uncontrolled tenancy | a tenancy which is a private tenancy but which is neither a regulated tenancy nor a restricted tenancy; | United Kingdom | 2004 No. 192 |
| unconvicted person | a debtor, and any person on remand or awaiting trial, or detained for safe custody or for want of sureties, who has not been convicted by any court; | Kenya | CAP. 90 |
| unconvicted prisoner | a prisoner other than a convicted prisoner; | Ireland | www.irishstatutebook.ie/2007/en/si/02... |
| uncooked fish | raw fish that is intended to be consumed raw. | Singapore | Cap. 95, RG 16 |
| uncooked | a food that has not been subjected to a process of cooking throughout the whole food so that the food is sold on the basis that it will need further cooking before consumption. | United Kingdom | 2014 No. 3001 |
| uncropped fallow margins | strips of annually cultivated land, no longer sown to cereals or roots, but located next to arable crops; | United Kingdom | 1999 No. 1176 |
| uncropped wildlife strips | a strip of land at least six metres wide at the edge of a field for arable cropping which is subject to restrictions on the use of fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides, nutrients and other agricultural admixtures; | United Kingdom | 2000 No. 3050 |
| uncultivated land project | a project to increase the productivity for agriculture of uncultivated land or a semi-natural area, and includes projects to increase the productivity for agriculture of such land to below the norm. | United Kingdom | 2007 No. 2933 (W. 253) |
| uncultivated land | land which has not been cultivated in the previous 15 years; | United Kingdom | 2006 No. 2362 |
| undamaged | the evaluated or demonstrated condition of the package if it had been subjected to the tests specified in paragraphs 7 – 12 of Part IV of Schedule 9; | United Kingdom | 2002 No. 1093 |
| undefended case | matrimonial proceedings or civil partnership proceedings other than a defended case. | United Kingdom | 2010 No. 2955 (L. 17) |
| undeliverable letter | any letter that for any reason cannot be delivered to the addressee thereof and includes any letter the delivery of which is prohibited by law or is refused by the addressee or on which postage due is not paid by the sender on demand. | Canada | R.S.C., 1985, c. C-10 |
| undenominated capital | the amount of the company capital from time to time which is in excess of the nominal value of its issued shares and shall be deemed to include any sum transferred as referred to in sections 106 (4) and 108 (3). | Ireland | Number 38 of 2014 |
| under cover | in a greenhouse or outbuilding or under a permanent canopy. | United Kingdom | 2010 No. 2231 |
| under penalty of law | liability under 18 U.S.C. 1001 for a false statement to a Federal officer. FIA and SIFMA also felt that imposing criminal liability for annual report certifications would make it hard to fill the position of CCO. | United States | 77 FR 20127 |
| under the appearance of being married | holding out that the parties are married with cohabitation and an intent to be married by either party. | United States | PENAL CODE - Title 6 - Chapter |
| under the authority of | under licence, following assignation, or otherwise with the permission or agreement of the named body or person (or any body or person acquiring right from the named body or person). | United Kingdom | 2011 No. 393 |
| under the influence | the licensee could be mentally or physically impaired as a result of substance use including prescription and over-the-counter drugs, as determined under the provisions, policies, and procedures established by the facility licensee for its fitness-for-duty program, in such a manner as to adversely affect his or her ability to safely and competently perform licensed duties. | United States | 74 FR 45544 |
| under the programs established under subsection (a), the [DOE] * * * shall review appropriate information and | and methods of developing and encouraging the production, distribution, and use of replacement fuels and alternative fueled vehicles[.]” (42 U.S.C. 13252(b)(3)) As discussed above, DOE has established various programs to implement the goals of sections 502(a) and (b). However, no where in the text of section 502 are the goals established as mandates for the section 502(a) programs. | United States | 72 FR 12041 |
| under way | a vessel which is not at anchor nor made fast to the shore nor aground; | United Kingdom | 2007 No. 243 |
| under-officer | a Head Constable of the Force; |  India | NO. 53 OF 2007 |
| undercover investigative operation | any undercover investigative operation of the Service; except that, for purposes of subparagraphs (A) and (C) of paragraph (4), such term only includes an operation which is exempt from section 3302 or 9102 of title 31, United States Code. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| undercover operative | a source who holds an office, rank or position with a relevant investigating authority. | United Kingdom | 2000 No. 2725 |
| undergraduate course | a course leading to a major higher education and training award at Level 6 (Higher Certificate), Level 7 (Ordinary Bachelor Degree), Level 8 (Honours Bachelor Degree) in the framework of qualifications, or equivalent awards, other than a course known for the time being as a post-leaving certificate course. | Ireland | www.irishstatutebook.ie/2011/en/si/03... |
| undergraduate course | a course leading to a major higher education and training award at Level 6 (Higher Certificate), Level 7 (Ordinary Bachelor Degree), Level 8 (Honours Bachelor Degree) of the framework of qualifications, or equivalent awards, other than a course known for the time being as a post leaving certificate course; | Ireland | www.irishstatutebook.ie/2011/en/si/03... |
| undergrazing | grazing at a level where there is evidence of the annual growth not being fully utilised or scrub or coarse vegetation is becoming evident and such changes are detrimental to the environmental interest of the site; | United Kingdom | 2008 No. 100 |
| undergrazing | grazing land with livestock in such insufficient numbers as adversely to affect the growth, quality or species composition of vegetation on that land to a significant degree;”. | United Kingdom | 1996 No. 1480 |
| underground mine | any mine other than a strip mine or open pit mine; | Canada | C-17 RSA 2000 |
| underground cable | any conductor surrounded by insulation which is placed below ground. | United Kingdom | 2012 No. 381 |
| underground storage | a permanent waste storage facility in a deep geological cavity such as a salt or potassium mine; | European Union | 31999L0031 |
| underground strata | strata subjacent to the surface of any land, and any reference to water contained in any underground strata is a reference to water so contained otherwise than in a public sewer, pipe, reservoir, tank or underground works contained in any such strata; | United Kingdom | 2007 No. 147 |
| underinsured motor vehicle | an insured motor vehicle on which there is collectible liability insurance coverage with limits of liability for the owner or operator that were originally lower than, or have been reduced by payment of claims arising from the same accident to, an amount less than the limit of liability stated in the underinsured coverage of the insured's policy. | United States | INSURANCE CODE - Title 10 - Ch |
| underlying agreement | an agreement that is an underlying agreement for the purposes of paragraph 48 of Schedule 6 or if there is no umbrella agreement, an agreement falling within paragraph 47 of Schedule 6; | United Kingdom | 2012 No. 1976 |
| underlying asset | a public credit asset or a substitution asset that is then included in the pool. | Ireland | Number 47 of 2001 |
| underlying level of noise | the level of ambient noise expressed in decibels and measured by an approved device used in accordance with the provisions of regulation 7. | United Kingdom | 2005 No. 43 |
| underlying loss | the amount, if any, by which the aggregate of losses incurred by NAMA (including NAMA group entities) exceeds the aggregate of the profits arising to NAMA (including those entities) in the period from the date of its establishment to the date referred to in the direction under subsection (2) or the date of the occurrence of the event so referred to. | Ireland | Number 34 of 2009 |
| underlying payment | an amount paid on a qualified security by the issuer of the security. | Canada | R.S.C., 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.) |
| underpayment amount | the amount referred to in paragraph (2)(b) payable by the corporation on which arrears interest is computed. | Canada | R.S.C., 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.) |
| underpayment error rate | the ratio of the value of allotments underissued to recipient households to the total value of allotments issued in a fiscal year by a State agency. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| underpayment | the excess of the amount of the payment required under this section over the amount (if any) of such payment paid on or before the date prescribed therefor. No penalty shall be imposed under this subparagraph on any failure which is shown to be due to reasonable cause and not willful neglect. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| underpin benefits | money purchase benefits which under the provisions of the scheme will only be provided in respect of a member if their value exceeds the value of the other benefits in respect of him under the scheme which are not money purchase benefits. | United Kingdom | 1996 No. 621 |
| underrepresented population | a population that is typically underrepresented in service provision, and includes populations such as persons who have low-incidence disabilities, persons who are minorities, poor persons, persons with limited English proficiency, older individuals, or persons from rural areas. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| underserved populations | populations who face barriers in accessing and using victim services, and includes populations underserved because of geographic location, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, underserved racial and ethnic populations, populations underserved because of special needs (such as language barriers, disabilities, alienage status, or age), and any other population determined to be underserved by the Attorney General or by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, as appropriate. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| underserved rural communities. | that counties classified as part of a Micropolitan area are also considered rural. Metropolitan and Micropolitan statistical areas (metro and micro areas) are geographic entities defined by the OMB for use by Federal statistical agencies in collecting, tabulating, and publishing Federal statistics. A metro area contains a core urban area of 50,000 or more population, and a micro area contains an urban core of at least 10,000 (but less than 50,000) population. Each metro or micro area consists of one or more counties and includes the counties containing the core urban area, as well as any adjacent counties that have a high degree of social and economic integration (as measured by commuting to work) with the urban core. The current list of MSAs and updates are available on the Internet at http://www.census.gov/population/www/metroareas/metrodef.html. | United States | 75 FR 29447 |
| undersized eels | eels of a length less than 30 centimetres measured from the tip of the snout to the tip of the tail; | United Kingdom | 2010 No. 166 |
| undersized pollen | pollen of a size less than 20.5 centimetres. | United Kingdom | 1997 No. 425 |
| undersown cereals | a spring cereal crop sown with a green cover crop such as ryegrass; | United Kingdom | 2005 No. 268 |
| understanding [was] that such handheld radio equipment can be purchased for under fifty dollars at retail, making it a far less expensive proposition for small vessel owners and operators than would expanding the reserve power supply requirement to all small passenger vessels, regardless of size. | of maintaining communication with search and rescue personnel in the event of a disruption to the main power supply during a distress situation. The Commission is requiring compliance with the requirement for carriage of a VHF handheld marine radio transceiver (or a reserve power supply for those small passenger vessels that elect to install a reserve power supply voluntarily as an alternative) within one year after the effective date of this rule amendment, in keeping with the one-year transition period the Commission adopted in the Third Report and Order with respect to the reserve power supply requirement. | United States | 76 FR 67604 |
| understand | to gather this information and has considered the information. | United States | 74 FR 63906 |
| undertaker’s appeal | an appeal by a nominated undertaker against the determination of any such application by the Agency, or against a decision by the Agency that information relating to any such application is not commercially confidential. | United Kingdom | 1998 No. 1649 |
| undertakers | the Company; | United Kingdom | 2008 No. 182 |
| undertakers | the Council or, during the currency of the term created by the lease, the Company. | United Kingdom | 1996 No. 1829 |
| undertaker | Alconbury Developments Limited; | United Kingdom | 2003 No. 3364 |
| undertaker | Cambridgeshire County Council. | United Kingdom | 2005 No. 3523 |
| undertaking of an existing bank | the business and all of the property vested in or belonging to or held by that existing bank immediately before the effective date and all of the liabilities to which that existing bank was subject immediately before that date. | Singapore | Cap. 19 |
| undertakings | such undertakings as may be prescribed; | Singapore | Cap. 65B |
| undertaking | the harbour undertaking for the time being of the Council at Leverburgh on the Island of Harris; | United Kingdom | 1995 No. 2971 (S. 214) |
| undertaking | the harbour undertaking of the Company as authorised from time to time. | United Kingdom | 2008 No. 1238 |
| undervalue amount | the amount by which the amount or value of the consideration for the transfer is less than the market value of the asset transferred.”. | United Kingdom | 2009 No. 730 |
| underway | a vessel not at anchor, or made fast to the shore or seabed, or aground; | United Kingdom | 1999 No. 2029 |
| underway | that a vessel is not at anchor, or made fast to the shore, or aground. | Canada | C.R.C., c. 1416 |
| underwriter | every person who, within one year prior to the time as of which the determination is made, was an underwriter of any security of such obligor outstanding at the time of the determination. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| underwriting year | the calendar year. | United Kingdom | 1995 No. 3225 |
| underwriting | the purchase or commitment to purchase or distribute by dealers or other persons of issue or offer of securities for immediate or prompt public distribution by or through them; | Kenya | CAP. 485A |
| undetermined proposal | proposals for the establishment, discontinuance or alteration of a maintained school that have been published under section 28, 28A, 29 or 31 of SSFA 1998 or section 66 of EA 2005 before 25th May 2007 and that have not been determined by either the school organisation committee or by the adjudicator; | United Kingdom | 2007 No. 1355 |
| undeveloped settlement land | all settlement land that has not been designated as developed settlement land in or pursuant to a final agreement or pursuant to section 63 or a self-government agreement; | Canada | S.C. 1994, c. 43 |
| undischarged bankrupt | a person who is declared bankrupt by a court of competent jurisdiction, within the State or elsewhere, and who has not obtained a certificate of discharge or its equivalent in the relevant jurisdiction. | Ireland | Number 2 of 2015 |
| undischarged bankrupt | a person who is declared bankrupt by a court of competent jurisdiction, within the State or elsewhere, and who has not obtained a certificate of discharge or its equivalent in the relevant jurisdiction; | Ireland | Number 38 of 2014 |
| undisposed of coal | coal that has not been conveyed to private parties or to the State of Montana by the United States. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| undisposed of oil, gas, coal methane, or other minerals | oil, gas, coal methane, or other minerals (excluding coal) that have not been conveyed to private parties or to the State of Montana by the United States. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| undisposed of surface lands | surface land that has not been conveyed to private parties or to the State of Montana by the United States. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| undistributed income | net income received before the date on which an income interest ends. The term does not include an item of income or expense that is due or accrued or net income that has been added or is required to be added to principal under the terms of the trust. | United States | PROPERTY CODE - Title 9 - Chap |
| undivided old authority | an old authority which has only one successor authority. | United Kingdom | 1996 No. 910 |
| undocumented worker | a person who is not lawfully entitled to be present and employed in the United States. | United States | TAX CODE - Title 2 - Chapter |
| undocumented | not having and not required to have a certificate of documentation issued under chapter 121 of this title. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| undue influence | exploiting a position of power in relation to a consumer so as to apply pressure (without necessarily using or threatening to use physical force) in a way that significantly limits the consumer’s ability to make an informed choice in relation to the trader’s product. | Ireland | Number 19 of 2007 |
| unearned income | income other than such as arises from gainful employment. | United Kingdom | 1997 No. 1968 |
| unemployed individual | an individual who is without a job and who wants and is available for work. The determination of whether an individual is without a job, for purposes of this paragraph, shall be made in accordance with the criteria used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor in defining individuals as unemployed. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| unemployed | an individual who is without a job and who wants and is available for work, including an individual who may have occasional employment that does not result in a constant source of income. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| unemployment assistance costs | the aggregate of the cost to the province, and the cost to municipalities in the province, of providing financial assistance to persons who are in need. | Canada | R.S.C. 1970, c. U-1 |
| unemployment benefits | unemployment compensation benefits, trade adjustment allowances, and other unemployment assistance. | United States | LABOR CODE - Title 4 - Chapter |
| unemployment benefit | unemployment benefit or contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance payable under the legislation of Great Britain or Northern Ireland, or unemployment benefit payable under the legislation of Guernsey or Ireland. | United Kingdom | 2007 No. 438 |
| unemployment benefit | unemployment benefit or contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance payable under the legislation of Great Britain or Northern Ireland, or unemployment benefit payable under the legislation of Guernsey or Ireland; | Ireland | www.irishstatutebook.ie/2007/en/si/07... |
| unemployment | the conditions under which an insured person is separated from employment and is unable to find employment in spite of having the will and ability to work. |  Japan | Act No. 116 of 1974 |
| unenclosed land | land other than enclosed land which is moorland or coastal belt. | United Kingdom | 1999 No. 2611 |
| unenclosed or hill land | rough grazings; | United Kingdom | 2005 No. 225 |
| unenhanced data | land remote sensing signals or imagery products that are unprocessed or subject only to data preprocessing. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| unescorted temporary absence | an unescorted temporary absence from penitentiary authorized under section 116; | Canada | S.C. 1992, c. 20 |
| unestablished position | a position that is not an established position, and includes a position that is held on a temporary basis or for a definite limited period; | Ireland | Number 33 of 2004 |
| unexpired term | the period beginning with the date on which the member ceased to be a member and ending with the date on which his full term of office would have expired. | United Kingdom | 2002 No. 254 |
| unexploded bomblet | an explosive bomblet that has been dispersed, released or otherwise separated from a dispenser and has failed to explode as intended; | Ireland | Number 20 of 2008 |
| unexploded submunition | an explosive submunition that has been dispersed or released by, or otherwise separated from, a cluster munition and has failed to explode as intended. | Ireland | Number 20 of 2008 |
| unfair contract terms enforcer | a person... | United Kingdom | 2015 c. 15 |
| unfair labour practice | anything that is prohibited by subsection 186(1) or (2), section 187 or 188 or subsection 189(1). | Canada | S.C. 2003, c. 22, s. 2 |
| unfinished housing estate | a development of two or more buildings that is specified in a list prescribed, under subsection (3), by the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government for the purposes of this section. | Ireland | Number 52 of 2012 |
| unfired hot water storage tank | a tank used to store water that is heated externally. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| unfunded credit protection | a technique of credit risk mitigation where the reduction of the credit risk on the exposure of an institution derives from the obligation of a third party to pay an amount in the event of the default of the borrower or the occurrence of other specified credit events; | European Union | 32013R0575R(02) |
| unfunded occupational pension scheme | an occupational pension scheme under which there is no requirement to set aside in advance resources related to the intended rate or amount of benefits; | United Kingdom | 1997 No. 94 |
| unfunded vested benefits | the amount by which the value of nonforfeitable benefits under the plan exceeds the value of plan assets. | United States | 73 FR 79628 |
| unginned cotton | the fruit of the cotton plant (Gossypium) which has reached maturity and been harvested and which contains pod and leaf fragments and soil matter; | European Union | 32001R1051 |
| unidentified DNA profile | a DNA profile obtained from traces collected during the investigation of criminal offences and belonging to a person not yet identified. | Ireland | Number 11 of 2014 |
| unidentified animal | an animal born on or before 9 July 2005 that is not marked with an eartag or tattoo applied under any of the previous Orders that identifies it individually. | United Kingdom | 2006 No. 1036 (W. 106) |
| unidentified site | a site for a hydro-electric or water storage facility on settlement land that is not an identified site. | Canada | S.C. 1994, c. 43 |
| unified funding agency | a collaborative applicant that performs the duties described in section 11360a(g) of this title. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| uniform grant | grant payable to his parents in respect of clothing expenditure. | United Kingdom | 1999 No. 1505 |
| uniform scale | the uniform scale of fines specified for the time being in section 1 of the Uniform Scale of Fines (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1989. | United Kingdom | 2004 No. 1290 |
| uniformed services | the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| uniform | distinctive clothing or other items of dress, whether real or counterfeit, worn during the performance of official duties and which identifies the wearer as a public agency employee. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| unilateral approval | an approval of a design which is required to be given by the competent authority of the state of origin of the design alone; | United Kingdom | 1996 No. 1350 |
| unimproved grassland | grassland which has not been regularly ploughed, levelled, drained or reseeded or treated with fertilisers, lime, slag, herbicides or pesticides; | United Kingdom | 1998 No. 1308 |
| unimproved grassland | in bye land used for grazing or mowing which is not normally treated with mineral fertiliser or lime and does not constitute either improved grassland or rough grazings. | United Kingdom | 2008 No. 159 |
| unimproved land | eligible land other than arable land and improved land. | United Kingdom | 2003 No. 209 |
| unimproved land | eligible land other than arable land and improved land; | United Kingdom | 1997 No. 829 |
| unincorporated area | an area not included within the boundaries of a city. | United States | WATER CODE - Title 4 - Chapter |
| unincorporated association | an organization of two or more persons, other than a partnership, that operates under a common name for a common purpose or undertaking. | Canada | SOR/98-106 |
| unincorporated business | the business of a sole trader or a partnership or the assets of a company. | United Kingdom | 1997 No. 2945 |
| uninspected vessel | a vessel not subject to inspection under section 3301 of this title that is not a recreational vessel. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| uninsured automobile | an automobile with respect to which neither the owner nor driver thereof has applicable and collectible bodily injury liability and property damage liability insurance for its ownership, use or operation, but does not include an automobile owned by or registered in the name of the insured or his or her spouse. (“automobile non assurée”) R.S.O. 1990, c. I.8, s. 265 (2); 1999, c. 6, s. 31 (7, 8); 2005, c. 5, s. 35 (11, 12); 2005, c. 31, Sched. 12, s. 2. | Canada | www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90i08 |
| uninsured deposit | the amount of any deposit of any depositor at any insured depository institution in excess of the amount of the insured deposits of such depositor (if any) at such depository institution. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| uninsured institution | any depository institution the deposits of which are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| uninsured motor vehicle | a motor vehicle that is not an insured motor vehicle. (“véhicule automobile non assuré”) R.S.O. 1990, c. M.41, s. 1 (1); 1997, c. 19, s. 16 (1); 1997, c. 28, s. 187. | Canada | www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90m41 |
| uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage | the provisions of an automobile liability insurance policy that provide for coverage in at least the limits prescribed by Chapter 601, Transportation Code, that protects insureds who are legally entitled to recover from owners or operators of uninsured or underinsured motor vehicles damages for bodily injury, sickness, disease, or death, or property damage resulting from the ownership, maintenance, or use of any motor vehicle. | United States | INSURANCE CODE - Title 10 - Ch |
| unintended exposure | medical exposure that is significantly different from the medical exposure intended for a given purpose. | European Union | 32013L0059 |
| unionized employee | an employee who is a member of a bargaining unit that is represented by a bargaining agent. | Canada | S.C. 2009, c. 2, s. 394 |
| union | a trade union named in Schedule III. | Canada | S.C. 1995, c. 6 |
| unique identifier | a number or letter, or a combination of numbers or letters, assigned by the Regulator to a mine licensed by it, or to a coal seam worked in a mine licensed by it, to distinguish it from other mines or seams. | Canada | 270/1981 |
| unique administrative reference code | a code assigned to an electronic administrative document; | United Kingdom | 2010 No. 593 |
| unique donation number | the unique number attributed to a specific donation of tissues and cells in line with the system in place in each Member State for allocating such numbers, as further specified in Annex VII to this Directive; | European Union | 32015L0565 |
| unique identification number accorded to the monitoring application or referral | the reference number used by the IBB to identify a particular monitoring application or referral; | United Kingdom | 2008 No. 202 |
| unique identification number | a sequential number which is based on one or more series and which uniquely identifies a message transmitted between trading partners. | Ireland | www.irishstatutebook.ie/2010/en/si/06... |
| unique identification reference | the reference provided for in paragraph 8(e); and”. | United Kingdom | 2015 No. 193 |
| unique identifier | to retrieve specific information pertinent to that GMO. | Ireland | www.irishstatutebook.ie/2013/en/si/02... |
| unique identifying mark | the mark (for example, a bar code, letter, number or numerical sequence) on a ballot paper which is unique to that ballot paper and which identifies that ballot paper as a ballot paper to be issued by the returning officer; | United Kingdom | 2007 No. 263 |
| unique individual identification number | a unique combination of the letters “UK” followed by the goat herdmark or sheep flockmark of the holding of birth, followed by an individual identification number which has been created by the keeper; | United Kingdom | 2000 No. 2027 |
| unique learner number | the specific combination of letters and numbers allocated to the pupil by the Chief Executive of the Skills Funding Agency as that pupil’s unique learner number; and”. | United Kingdom | 2011 No. 2325 (W. 242) |
| unique numbered copy | a copy of the certificate or of an existing unique numbered copy of the certificate, given by a person supplying relevant ammonium nitrate material to a person who takes delivery of a part or a subdivided part of a batch, to which the supplier has added a unique number and details to indicate the quantity of relevant ammonium nitrate material that is being supplied with that copy. | United Kingdom | 2003 No. 1082 |
| unique number | a number allocated by the Scottish Ministers which is unique to an animal in a flock or herd and contains up to 6 digits.”. | United Kingdom | 2007 No. 559 |
| unique number | a number that is unique to an animal in a flock or herd and contains no more than 6 digits; | United Kingdom | 2006 No. 1036 (W. 106) |
| unique pupil number | a combination of numbers and letters which are allocated to a pupil and are particular to that pupil, by use of a formula determined by the Welsh Ministers. | United Kingdom | 2011 No. 2927 |
| unique reference number | the number determined by the Commissioners for the purposes of regulation 4(3)(b)(i); | United Kingdom | 2006 No. 202 |
| unique registration number | the number determined by the Commissioners for the purposes of regulation 9(3). | United Kingdom | 2006 No. 202 |
| unique street reference number | the reference number uniquely identifying a road allocated by a responsible authority compiling a street gazetteer compliant with the publication issued by the British Standards Institution on 15th June 1993 entitled “Spatial data – sets for geographic referencing” under reference No. BS 7666, which shall not be changed if the responsibility changes from one authority to another; | United Kingdom | 2008 No. 88 |
| unique | of identity is, in part, to uniquely identify each temperature-indicating device and each reference device that is maintained by the processor so that one temperature-indicating or reference device can be distinguished from another and so that appropriate records can be associated with each temperature-indicating device or reference device. | United States | 76 FR 11891 |
| unirradiated thorium | thorium containing not more than 10-7 g of uranium-233 per gram of thorium-232; | United Kingdom | 2002 No. 1093 |
| unirradiated uranium | uranium containing not more than 10−6 g of plutonium per gram of uranium-235 and not more than 9 MBq of fission products per gram of uranium-235; | United Kingdom | 1996 No. 2090 |
| unit agreement | an agreement to unitize the interests of owners in a pool or a part of a pool exceeding in area a spacing unit, or such an agreement as varied by a unitization order; | Canada | R.S.C., 1985, c. O-7 |
| unit amount | an amount specified by the Secretary of State for the purpose of determining grants. | United Kingdom | 1996 No. 2086 |
| unit area | the area that is subject to a unit agreement; | Canada | R.S.C., 1985, c. O-7 |
| unit certificate | a Children’s Bonus Bond issued on payment of the minimum amount for which a Children’s Bonus Bond of that description could be purchased.”. | United Kingdom | 2012 No. 1880 |
| unit charge | the charge described in regulation 6(2). | United Kingdom | 2009 No. 369 (W. 38) |
| unit competence scheme | a scheme indicating the method by which the unit maintains the competence of its licence holders; | United Kingdom | 2009 No. 1742 |
| unit endorsement | the authorisation entered into and forming part of a licence, indicating the particular sector, group of sectors or working positions (by indicating the ICAO location indicator) in which the holder of a licence is competent to provide air traffic control services under the responsibility of an air traffic control unit.”. | United Kingdom | 2008 No. 2562 |
| unit heater | a self-contained fan-type heater designed to be installed within the heated space. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| unit holder | a person entitled to a share of the investments subject to the trusts of a unit trust scheme. | United Kingdom | 2006 No. 964 |
| unit load device | any type of freight container including any container designed for loading on an aircraft. | United Kingdom | 2001 No. 2128 |
| unit of accommodation | in the case of supported housing or a hostel, accommodation which is provided for one individual and, in any other case, a dwelling; | United Kingdom | 2007 No. 165 |
| unit of account | a special drawing right issued by the International Monetary Fund. | Canada | S.C. 2001, c. 6 |
| unit of account | that unit which is defined in Article 4 of the Protocol on the Statute of the European Investment Bank ; whereas on the basis of this definition the conversion of the amounts mentioned in the Directive into national currencies would lead to distortions of competition between undertakings whose head offices are situated in the various Member States; | European Union | 31976L0580 |
| unit of competence | one of the units of competence set out in Schedule 3 and “unit” shall be construed accordingly. | United Kingdom | 1998 No. 20 |
| unit of election | a political subdivision that previously voted to join the service area of a transit provider. | United States | TRANSPORTATION CODE - Title 6 |
| unit of general local government | a city, county, town, parish, village, or other general-purpose political subdivision of a State. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| unit of general purpose local government | any city, county, town, municipality, or other political subdivision of a State (or any combination thereof), which has a building code or similar authority over a particular geographic area. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| unit of local government | a county, parish, township, municipality, and shall include a borough existing in the State of Alaska on January 7, 1983, and any other unit of government below the State level which is a unit of general government as determined by the Secretary. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| unit of turnover | turnover expressed in pounds sterling rounded up to the nearest pound; | United Kingdom | 2010 No. 768 |
| unit operating agreement | an agreement, providing for the management and operation of a unit area and a unitized zone, that is entered into by working interest owners who are parties to a unit agree ment with respect to that unit area and unitized zone, and includes a unit operating agreement as varied by a unitization order; | Canada | S.C. 1988, c. 28 |
| unit operation | those operations conducted pursuant to a unit agreement or a unitization order; | Canada | R.S.C., 1985, c. O-7 |
| unit operator | a person designated as a unit operator under a unit operating agreement; | Canada | R.S.C., 1985, c. O-7 |
| unit operator | the entity designated in a pooling order to develop a spacing unit by the drilling of one or more wells on the unit. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| unit or credit | a module or part of a course leading to that qualification which, when successfully completed, can be counted together with other modules or parts towards obtaining that qualification. | United Kingdom | 2004 No. 1026 (W. 123) |
| unit ownership | ownership whose subject is the portion of a building provided for in the preceding Article (excluding one that is treated as a common element pursuant to the provisions of Article 4, paragraph (2)). | Japan | Act No. 69 of 1962 |
| unit owner | a person other than the owners’ management company who holds the highest freehold or leasehold estate or interest in respect of a unit in a multi-unit development. | Ireland | Number 2 of 2011 |
| unit packet | the smallest individual packaging (whether enclosed by a container packet or not) in which that product is, or is intended to be, presented for retail sale, but does not include any wrapper; | United Kingdom | 2015 No. 829 |
| unit price at which goods are sold in the greatest aggregate quantity | the price at which the greatest number of units is sold in sales to persons who are not related to the persons from whom they buy such goods at the first commercial level after importation at which such sales to take place. | Kenya | CAP. 472 |
| unit price at which those identical materials or similar materials are sold, in the greatest aggregate quantity | the price at which the greatest number of units is sold in sales between unrelated persons. For an illustration of this, materials are sold from a price list which grants favourable unit prices for purchases made in larger quantities. | Canada | SOR/97-340 |
| unit price | the final price in euro, including value-added tax and all other taxes, for one kilogram, one litre, one metre one square metre or one cubic metre of a product or, in respect of a product mentioned in the first column of the Schedule, the final price in euro, including value-added tax and all other taxes, for the number of units specified in the second column of the Schedule opposite such mention. | Ireland | www.irishstatutebook.ie/2002/en/si/06... |
| unit rate reimbursement | reimbursement for a service paid at a specified rate for a unit of the service provided to a client multiplied by the number of units provided. | United States | HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE - Title |
| unit sub-meter provider | a person, including a distributor, licensed by the Board to engage in unit sub-metering, or such other persons or classes of persons as may be prescribed. (“fournisseur de compteurs divisionnaires d’unité”) 2010, c. 8, s. 31; 2013, c. 3, s. 57. | Canada | www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/10e08 |
| unit trust scheme | any arrangements made for the purpose, or having the effect, of providing for persons having funds available for investment, facilities for the participation by them, as beneficiaries under a trust, in profits or income arising from the acquisition, holding, management or disposal of any property whatsoever; | Singapore | Cap. 99 |
| unit trust | a collective investment undertaking constituted as a trust under which the property concerned is held on trust for the participants; | Ireland | www.irishstatutebook.ie/2011/en/si/03... |
| unit trust | any trust established for the purpose of having the effect, of providing, for persons having funds available for investment, facilities for the participation by them, as beneficiaries under the trust, in any profits or income arising from the acquisition, holding, management or disposal of any property whatsoever. | United Kingdom | 1997 No. 270 |
| unit-holder | a natural or legal person holding one or more units in a UCITS; | Ireland | www.irishstatutebook.ie/2011/en/si/03... |
| unitary authority | an authority in England which is the sole principal council for its local government area. | United Kingdom | 1997 No. 2537 |
| unitary authority | an authority in England which is the sole principal council for its local government area; | United Kingdom | 1998 No. 994 |
| unitary council | a district council or a county council which is the sole principal council for its local government area; | United Kingdom | 2005 No. 598 |
| unitary county council | a county council which is the sole principal council for its local government area; | United Kingdom | 1997 No. 850 |
| unitary county | a county where the county council is the sole principal council for that local government area; | United Kingdom | 1997 No. 850 |
| unitary district council | a district council (other than a metropolitan district council) which is the sole principal council for its local government area. | United Kingdom | 1996 No. 1814 |
| unitary district council | a district council (other than a metropolitan district council) which is the sole principal council for its local government area; | United Kingdom | 1997 No. 204 |
| unitary district | a district (other than a metropolitan district) where the district council is the sole principal council for that local government area; | United Kingdom | 1996 No. 1814 |
| unitary district | a district comprised in an area for which there is no county council.”. | United Kingdom | 1996 No. 674 |
| unitization order | an order of the Committee made under section 176; | Canada | S.C. 1987, c. 3 |
| unitized zone | a geological formation that is within a unit area and subject to a unit agreement; | Canada | R.S.C., 1985, c. O-7 |
| units in, or shares of, a UK UCITS or recognised UCITS | the rights (however described) of the holders of the units or shares in that UK UCITS or recognised UCITS; ”. | United Kingdom | 2010 No. 582 |
| units in, or shares of, a relevant UCITS | the rights or interests (however described) of the holders of the units or shares in that relevant UCITS; | United Kingdom | 1998 No. 1870 |
| units of general local government of the same type | all townships if the unit of general local government is a township, all municipalities if the unit of general local government is a municipality, all counties if the unit of general local government is a county, or all unified city/county governments if the unit of general local government is a unified city/county government. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| units | entertainment units in a hospitality area, units of overnight accommodation in a hotel or mobile units, as the case may be. | United Kingdom | 1997 No. 290 |
| units | the class of units which represents the majority of the value of the person. If no single class of units represents the majority of the value of the person, the “principal class of units” is those classes that in the aggregate represent the majority of the value of the person; | United Kingdom | 2002 No. 2848 |
| unit | [specify the individual properties forming the development]. | United Kingdom | 2009 No. 729 (S. 2) |
| unit | a module or part of a course leading to that qualification which, when successfully completed, can be counted together with other modules or parts towards obtaining that qualification; | United Kingdom | 2002 No. 2897 |
| universal credit claimant | a person who has made a claim for or has an award of universal credit; | United Kingdom | 2015 No. 46 |
| universal design | a concept or philosophy for designing and delivering products and services that are usable by people with the widest possible range of functional capabilities, which include products and services that are directly accessible (without requiring assistive technologies) and products and services that are interoperable with assistive technologies. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| universal postal service provider | any postal service provider for the time being designated under section 17 or 18 . | Ireland | Number 21 of 2011 |
| universal service obligations | of a relevant licence which concern the provision of such a network and a fixed public telephone service throughout a geographical area specified in the licence including, where required, averaged prices in that geographical area for the provision of that service; | United Kingdom | 1997 No. 2931 |
| universal service provider | a universal service provider as defined in Article 2(13) of Directive 97/67/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 1997 on common rules for the development of the internal market of European Community postal services and the improvement of quality of service 6 to deliver items as part of the universal service. | Ireland | www.irishstatutebook.ie/2008/en/si/00... |
| universal service | the permanent supply of a postal service of specified quality at all points in the territory of a Party at affordable prices for all users. | European Union | 22012A1221(01) |
| universal service | the provision in the United Kingdom of the services and facilities set out in Articles 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9(2) of the Universal Service Directive; | United Kingdom | 2003 No. 33 |
| university center | an institution of higher education or a consortium of institutions of higher education established as a University Center for Economic Development under section 3147(a)(2)(D) of this title. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| university pension scheme | the relevant pension scheme in relation to a covered university pension fund. | Ireland | Number 14 of 2009 |
| university scholar | a member of a police force on a course of university study nominated by the Scottish Ministers or by the police authority maintaining the police force of which that member is a member following arrangements approved by the Scottish Ministers; | United Kingdom | 2004 No. 257 |
| university scholar | a member on a course of university study nominated by the Secretary of State or by the Board following arrangements approved by the Secretary of State. | United Kingdom | 2005 No. 547 |
| university | a recognized degree-granting institution or an organization that operates a college affiliated with, or a research body of, such an institution; | Canada | R.S.C., 1985, c. E-15 |
| university | a university established under section 3 or continued under Part 5. | Canada | P-19.5 2003 |
| unknown | losing data on API gravity. That commenter urged EPA to require refiners to report the sample data they already collect for EIA reporting. The commenter also asked that EPA define “batch” in a way that captures the differences in crude oil originating from the same country since different crude streams from the same country can have different API gravity and sulfur contents. | United States | 75 FR 66433 |
| unladen vehicle | the vehicle in running order having the mass defined in item 2.6 of Annex I to Directive 70/156/EEC; | European Union | 32000L0040 |
| unladen weight | the weight of a vehicle or trailer inclusive of the body and all parts (the heavier being taken where alternative bodies or parts are used) which are necessary to or ordinarily used with the vehicle or trailer when working on a road, but exclusive of the weight of water, fuel or accumulators used for the purpose of the supply of power for the propulsion of the vehicle or, as the case may be, of any vehicle by which the trailer is drawn, and of loose tools and loose equipment; | United Kingdom | 1999 No. 454 |
| unladen weight | the weight of the invalid carriage inclusive of the weight of water, fuel or accumulators used for the purpose of the supply of power for its propulsion and of loose tools, but exclusive of the weight of any other load or of a person carried by the invalid carriage. | United Kingdom | 1999 No. 479 |
| unladen | that the vehicle is not carrying a load;”. | United Kingdom | 2008 No. 2097 |
| unladen | that the vehicle is not carrying a load; | United Kingdom | 2008 No. 494 |
| unlawful Internet gambling | which involves the use, at least in part, of the Internet where such bet or wager is unlawful under any applicable Federal or State law in the State or Tribal lands in which the bet or wager is initiated, received, or otherwise made. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| unlawful discrimination | any discrimination against a teacher by an assessor in relation to threshold assessments which if the assessor were the teacher’s employers would constitute unlawful discrimination, and “unlawfully discriminate” shall be construed accordingly;”. | United Kingdom | 2001 No. 720 |
| unlawful drug trafficking | the criminal offences listed in Article 3(1) of the United Nations Convention of 20 December 1988 against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances and in the provisions amending or replacing that Convention.’; | Ireland | Number 37 of 2006 |
| unlawful drug trafficking | the criminal offences listed in Article 3(1) of the United Nations Convention of 20 December 1988 against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances and in the provisions amending or replacing that Convention. | Ireland | Number 53 of 2012 |
| unlawful game | a game of chance the chances of which are not alike favourable to all the players, including the banker or other person or persons by whom the game is managed or against whom the other players stake, play or bet; | Kenya | CAP. 131 |
| unlawfully obtained | obtained in circumstances constituting an offence, and cognate words shall be construed accordingly. | Ireland | Number 50 of 2001 |
| unlawful | infringing a law, an administrative regulation or a decision taken by a competent authority, including those giving effect to binding provisions of Community law aiming at the protection of the environment; | European Union | 32003F0080 |
| unleaded gasoline | gasoline to which lead has not been added during the production process. | Canada | S.C. 1997, c. 11 |
| unless the context of subject matter otherwise requires | a State of the United States" are substituted for " 'State' includes" for clarity and consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the Code. The word "possession" is substituted for "insular possession, or isthmian possession" for consistency in the revised title. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| unless the lease provides otherwise | the parties may include in the lease an allowance for payments more than one year in advance. | United States | 77 FR 72439 |
| unlicensed betting premises | betting premises in respect of which no licence is issued under this Part. | Kenya | CAP. 131 |
| unlicensed gaming premises | gaming premises in respect of which no licence is issued under this Part. | Kenya | CAP. 131 |
| unlicensed substance | a substance, other than a hormonal substance, beta-agonist or Annex IV substance which, if transmitted to an animal product, would be likely to be harmful to human health and which has been administered or is intended for administration in the United Kingdom to an animal or batch of animals or, which has been administered to an animal in a member State of the European Community other than the United Kingdom and at the time of administration neither that substance, nor any product containing it, was authorised for use in that animal in that State; | United Kingdom | 1997 No. 1729 |
| unlicensed tourist guide | a tourist guide who does not hold a valid tourist guide licence and who is not exempt from section 19B(1) by reason of section 19B(2) or under section 25C; | Singapore | Cap. 305B |
| unlicensed vehicle | a relevant vehicle for which no vehicle licence is for the time being in force and “unlicensed” shall be construed accordingly. | United Kingdom | 2002 No. 2742 |
| unlicensed wireless service | the offering of telecommunications services using duly authorized devices which do not require individual licenses, but does not mean the provision of direct-to-home satellite services (as defined in section 303(v) of this title). | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| unlikely to adversely affect | that the benefits of these plans still exceed by the considerable margin the benefits the species would receive from the designation. We accordingly find that the benefits of excluding these areas from the final critical habitat designation outweigh the benefits of their inclusion. | United States | 72 FR 13356 |
| unlimited corporation | a corporation formed on the principle of having no limit placed on the liability of its members. | Singapore | statutes.agc.gov.sg/aol/search/displa... |
| unlimited liability audit corporation | an audit corporation whose articles of incorporation provide that all of its partners shall be partners with unlimited liability. | Japan | Act No. 103 of 1948 |
| unlisted active substance | an existing substance which is not included in Annex I, IA or IB. | United Kingdom | 2001 No. 422 |
| unlisted securities | securities which are not quoted on a recognised stock exchange. | United Kingdom | 1998 No. 2888 (S. 168) |
| unlisted varieties | varieties of seed potatoes not yet officially listed on or accepted onto the National List. | United Kingdom | 2010 No. 350 |
| unlisted variety | a variety that is not a listed variety; | United Kingdom | 2009 No. 387 |
| unloading or storage offshore | unloading or storage in controlled waters(3), including the bed and subsoil of those waters; | United Kingdom | 2011 No. 423 |
| unmanned free balloon | a non-power-driven, unmanned, lighter-than-air aircraft in free flight; | Ireland | www.irishstatutebook.ie/2004/en/si/00... |
| unmarked plastic «explosive | any plastic «explosive that does not contain a detection agent; | Singapore | Cap. 13 |
| unmarried couple | a man and a woman who are not a married couple but are living together as husband and wife; | United Kingdom | 2003 No. 493 |
| unmarried couple | a man and woman who, though not married to each other, are living together as if married. | United Kingdom | 2000 No. 704 |
| unmarried or same sex partner | a person who is living with that other person in a relationship akin to marriage or civil partnership which has subsisted for two years or more; | United Kingdom | 2010 No. 778 |
| unmarried or same sex partner | a person who is living with that other person in a relationship akin to marriage which has subsisted for two years or more. | United Kingdom | 2007 No. 1158 |
| unmarried or same-sex partner | a person who is living with that other person in a relationship akin to marriage which has subsisted for two years or more. | United Kingdom | 2009 No. 421 |
| unmarried | an individual who at such time is not married, whether or not previously married. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| unmeasured work | any other work that is not time work, salaried hours work or output work including, in particular, work in respect of which there are no specified hours and the worker is required to work when needed or when work is available. | United Kingdom | 1999 No. 584 |
| unmetered supply | a supply of electricity to premises which is given otherwise than through an appropriate meter. | United Kingdom | 2001 No. 3263 |
| unnecessary pain | pain, distress or suffering that of its kind or degree, or in its object, or in the circumstances in which the suffering occurs, is unreasonable or unnecessary. | Ireland | www.irishstatutebook.ie/2002/en/si/00... |
| unnecessary suffering | pain, distress or suffering that of its kind or degree, or in its object, or in the circumstances in which the suffering occurs, is unreasonable or unnecessary. | Ireland | www.irishstatutebook.ie/2003/en/si/00... |
| unoccupied dwelling | a dwelling in which no one lives.”. | United Kingdom | 2003 No. 3011 |
| unordered merchandise | merchandise mailed without the prior expressed request or consent of the recipient. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| unorganized territory | those parts of Ontario that are without municipal organization, including Indian reservations and provincial parks, but not including property of the Government of Canada used for the purposes of national defence installations, camps or stations. (“territoire non érigé en municipalité”) R.S.O. 1990, c. P.40, s. 1; 1996, c. 1, Sched. F, s. 3; 1998, c. 18, Sched. G, s. 70 (1); 2002, c. 17, Sched. F, Table; 2004, c. 3, Sched. A, s. 96 (1); 2006, c. 4, s. 52 (1, 2); 2006, c. 19, Sched. L, s. 11 (2, 3); 2009, c. 33, Sched. 18, s. 17 (2); 2010, c. 25, s. 27 (1). | Canada | www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90p40 |
| unpackaged | wholly or partly unwrapped. | United Kingdom | 2014 No. 161 |
| unpaid amount | an amount of a periodic levelisation payment which a defaulting licensed supplier has failed to pay by the date on which it is due. | United Kingdom | 2014 No. 2511 |
| unpaid leave | adoption leave, additional adoption leave, additional maternity leave or ordinary maternity leave or other absence without pay (including absence while participating in a strike). | United Kingdom | 2007 No. 199 |
| unpaid principal, | the principal thereof less the sum of (1) payments made on such principal, and (2) in cases where shares or stock are pledged as security for the loan, the payments made on such shares or stock plus earnings or dividends apportioned or credited thereon. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| unperfected | of perfection or publication would have made the security interest effective against third parties or would have determined priorities in rank in respect of rights in, on or in respect of the property that is subject to the security interest; | Canada | S.C. 1991, c. 46 |
| unplanned condition | that employees cannot work in a hazardous atmosphere without the appropriate PPE. The definition of hazardous atmosphere in the general industry standard implies this condition, which the Agency made explicit in this final rule for construction. | United States | 80 FR 25365 |
| unpredictable and unusual characteristics | ( i.e. , use of steering and/or brake inputs are still required to direct the vehicle where the driver wants it to go); however, the mitigation strategies used by ESC to suppress excessive oversteer and understeer help improve the driver's ability to successfully retain control of the vehicle under a broad range of operating conditions. | United States | 72 FR 17236 |
| unprepared hops | hops which have undergone only preliminary drying and packaging; | European Union | 31993R2928 |
| unprocessed agricultural products | food, fiber, and other agricultural products that have not been packaged or otherwise prepared for retail sale, including animal products and unfinished cotton, wool, leather, or any other unfinished natural material; | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| unprocessed feathers and parts of feathers | feathers and parts of feathers that have not been treated with a steam current or by some other method ensuring that no pathogens are transmitted; | European Union | 32002R1774 |
| unprocessed log | a log from which the branches have been removed, but to which no other processing has been applied;”. | United Kingdom | 2014 No. 1318 |
| unprocessed timber | trees or portions of trees or other roundwood not processed to standards and specifications suitable for end product use. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| unprocessed | not having undergone any treatment resulting in a substantial change in the original state of the foodstuffs. However, they may have been, for example, divided, parted, severed, boned, minced, skinned, pared, peeled, ground, cut, cleaned, trimmed, deep-frozen, frozen, chilled, milled or husked, packed or unpacked. | Ireland | www.irishstatutebook.ie/1995/en/si/03... |
| unprotected sex | sex without a condom or sex without birth control. | United States | 72 FR 71769 |
| unprotected skin | skin that is directly exposed to the sun and is not protected by sunscreen, clothing or any other physical barrier. |  Australia | https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F20... |
| unproven demand side response CMU | a demand side response CMU other than a proven demand side response CMU; | United Kingdom | 2014 No. 2043 |
| unproven property | real property for which estimated reserves of minerals have not been attributed. | Canada | R.S.C., 1985, c. E-15 |
| unprovoked seizure | a seizure which is not a provoked seizure. | United Kingdom | 2013 No. 258 |
| unprovoked seizure | a seizure which is not a provoked seizure; | United Kingdom | 2014 No. 239 |
| unqualified report | a report without qualification, to the effect that, in the opinion of the person making the report, the financial statements have been properly prepared, and for the purposes of this section, financial statements are laid if section 290 has been complied with in relation to those statements. | Ireland | Number 38 of 2014 |
| unquoted company | a company none of whose shares, stocks or debentures are listed in the official list of a recognised stock exchange or dealt in on an unlisted securities market recognised by such a stock exchange. | Ireland | Number 31 of 1999 |
| unquoted securities investment partnership | a partnership for investing in securities which are normally not quoted on a recognised stock exchange when the partnership buys them. | United Kingdom | 2009 No. 3093 |
| unquoted shares or securities | shares or securities which are not dealt in on a stock exchange. | Ireland | Number 1 of 2003 |
| unquoted | not quoted on a recognised stock exchange. | Ireland | Number 15 of 2009 |
| unraced greyhound | a greyhound which has never competed in a race; | Ireland | www.irishstatutebook.ie/2007/en/si/03... |
| unrecovered accrued reclamation costs | the portion of accrued reclamation costs that, at the commencement of an eligible non‑producing year referred to in subsection (2), has not yet been recovered through the application under subsection (3)(b) of reduced allowed direct operating costs. | Canada | 295/1992 |
| unrecovered capital | in respect of any coal project, the value of the project as determined by the Minister as of the commencement date of the project. | Canada | 295/1992 |
| unregistered person | a person who is not a registered teacher. | United Kingdom | 2000 No. 1979 (W. 140) |
| unregistered pesticide | any pesticide which is not registered under the Control of Plants (Registration of Pesticides) Rules (R 3). | Singapore | Cap. 57A, R 2 |
| unregistered private education institution | any private education institution that is not, or that ceases to be, a registered private education institution, but does not include an education institution which is exempted under section 68 from registration under Part III. | Singapore | Cap. 247A |
| unregulated period of infection | the period from the date when, in the opinion of the Chief Veterinary Officer (Scotland), avian influenza may first have been introduced to premises to the date when restrictions were imposed in relation to the premises under article 10. | United Kingdom | 2006 No. 336 |
| unrelated group | a group of persons that is not a related group. | Canada | R.S.C., 1985, c. B-3 |
| unrelated party | a person that is not a member of a closely related group of which the supplier is a member and that is acquiring the services for the purpose of making a supply of services in relation to the clearing or settlement of cheques and other payment items under the national payments system of the Canadian Payments Association. | Canada | R.S.C., 1985, c. E-15 |
| unrelated person | a purchaser who does not bear a relationship to the eligible seller described in section 267(b). | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| unreported emissions | the emissions mentioned in paragraph (1); | United Kingdom | 2013 No. 3135 |
| unrepresented person | a relevant person who is not represented by a prescribed organisation. | United Kingdom | 2008 No. 1639 |
| unresolved abduction case | an abduction case that remains unresolved for a period that exceeds 12 months after the date on which the completed application for return of the child is submitted for determination to the judicial or administrative authority, as applicable, in the country in which the child is located. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| unresolved area of noncompliance | failure to correct a noncompliance item within 120 days, or within such additional time (if any) as is authorized by the Secretary, after receiving from the Secretary notice of such noncompliance item, pursuant to section 9836a(c) of this title. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| unresolved audit finding | a finding in the final audit report of the Inspector General of the Department of Justice that the audited grantee has utilized grant funds for an unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallowable cost that is not closed or resolved within 12 months from the date when the final audit report is issued and any appeal has been completed. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| unrestricted area | any part of the United Kingdom which is not part of an H5N1 controlled zone declared under this Order or of an equivalent zone in England, Wales or Northern Ireland; | United Kingdom | 2007 No. 62 |
| unrestricted funds | any other funds of the charity. | United Kingdom | 2006 No. 218 |
| unrestricted fund | a fund which is to be used, or applied, in any way determined by the charity trustees of a charity for the furtherance of the objects of the charity; | United Kingdom | 2008 No. 629 |
| unrestricted fund | any other fund of a charity. | United Kingdom | 2005 No. 572 |
| unrestricted offer | an issue or offer to the public or which is not a restricted offer or a limited restricted offer. | Kenya | CAP. 485A |
| unrestricted-use credit agreement | a credit agreement which is not a restricted-use credit agreement. | United Kingdom | 2013 No. 1881 |
| unsanitary conditions | such conditions or circumstances as might contaminate with dirt or filth, or render injurious to health, a food, drug or cosmetic. | Canada | R.S.C., 1985, c. F-27 |
| unsatisfactory attendance | a level of absence which the Chief Constable has determined is unacceptable or unsustainable; | United Kingdom | 2010 No. 47 |
| unsatisfactory performance or attendance hearing | a hearing arranged under regulation 14. | United Kingdom | 2010 No. 47 |
| unsatisfactory performance | failure to carry out the role of a police officer to the agreed standard; | United Kingdom | 2010 No. 47 |
| unsatisfactory | the registration required under 49 U.S.C. 13902 and § 392.9a of this subchapter. Any motor carrier that operates CMVs after revocation of its operating authority will be subject to the penalty provisions listed in 49 U.S.C. 14901. | United States | 77 FR 28451 |
| unscheduled discrete organic chemical | a discrete organic chemical not listed in the Schedule. | Singapore | Cap. 37B |
| unscrupulous providers | to pass this information in their MF signaling. Nevertheless, to the extent that a party is unable to comply with the rule as a result of technical limitations related to MF signaling in its network, it can seek a waiver for good cause shown, pursuant to section 1.3 of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 1.3. | United States | 76 FR 81561 |
| unsecured PHR identifiable health information | PHR identifiable health information that is not protected through the use of a technology or methodology specified by the Secretary in the guidance issued under section 17932(h)(2) of this title. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| unsecured creditor | any creditor who is not a secured creditor; | Ireland | Number 44 of 2012 |
| unsecured debt | a debt in respect of which payment is not secured by security. | Ireland | Number 44 of 2012 |
| unsecured protected health information | protected health information that is not secured through the use of a technology or methodology specified by the Secretary in the guidance issued under paragraph (2). | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| unserviceable firearm | of an explosive and incapable of being readily restored to a firing condition. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| unskilled manual work | any physical work which any adult person is capable of doing without any skill or special training; | India | NO. 42 OF 2005 |
| unsold interest | the freehold interest or the leasehold interest owned by the person providing the dwelling. | United Kingdom | 2010 No. 948 |
| unsolicited advertisement | any material advertising the commercial availability or quality of any property, goods, or services which is transmitted to any person without that person's prior express invitation or permission, in writing or otherwise. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| unsolicited call | a call that is not requested by the called party; | Ireland | www.irishstatutebook.ie/2011/en/si/03... |
| unspecified hereditament | a hereditament which is not a specified hereditament. | United Kingdom | 1997 No. 115 |
| unspecified hereditament | a hereditament which is not a specified hereditament; | United Kingdom | 1997 No. 50 |
| unspecified premises warrant | a warrant authorising a service policeman to enter and search all relevant residential premises occupied or controlled by a person specified in the application for the warrant, including such sets of premises as are so specified”. | United Kingdom | 2012 No. 2919 |
| unsubsidized project | a multifamily housing project owned by the Secretary that is not a subsidized project or a formerly subsidized project. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| unsuccessful call attempt | a communication where a telephone call has been successfully connected but not answered or there has been a network management intervention. | United Kingdom | 2009 No. 859 |
| unsuccessful call attempt | a communication where a telephone call or an Internet telephony call has been successfully connected but not answered or there has been a network management intervention; | Ireland | Number 3 of 2011 |
| unsuitable accommodation | accommodation which does not meet the descriptions specified in paragraphs (3)(a) to (c). | United Kingdom | 2004 No. 489 |
| unsuitable parking | stopping or parking of heavy goods vehicles outside of safe and secure parking places on motorways or corridors, on hard shoulders, or inside overcrowded parking places; | European Union | 32013R0885 |
| unsuitable supplementary feeding methods | feeding methods which include providing supplementary feed (other than to maintain livestock during abnormal weather conditions) in such a manner as to result in damage to vegetation through excessive trampling or poaching of the land by animals or excessive rutting by vehicles; | United Kingdom | 1995 No. 1159 |
| unsuitable supplementary feeding methods | methods that provide supplementary feed for livestock in a way that adversely affects the quality or diversity of natural or semi-natural vegetation through trampling or poaching of land by livestock, or through rutting by vehicles used to transport feed. | United Kingdom | 2004 No. 3280 (W. 284) |
| untoward incident | an incident involving or threatening the containment of explosives which might, irrespective of where such incident occurs, create in the harbour or harbour area a risk of serious personal injury or a risk to the safety of a vessel. | United Kingdom | 1995 No. 87 |
| unused Canadian property mutual fund loss | the portion of the total of the non-resident investor’s Canadian mutual fund property losses for preceding taxation years that has neither reduced under subsection (3) the amount of tax payable, nor increased under subsection (5) the amount of a refund of tax paid, under this Part for any preceding taxation year. | Canada | R.S.C., 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.) |
| unused days | in relation to cod the number of days available to the boat carrying the gear in the cod recovery zone during the period before its allocation of days under article 4 is exhausted and in relation to sole the number of days available to the boat carrying the gear in the sole recovery zone during the period before its allocation of days under article 14 is exhausted; | United Kingdom | 2005 No. 393 |
| unused days | the number of days available to the boat carrying the gear in the cod recovery zone during the period before its allocation of days under Article 4 is exhausted. | United Kingdom | 2004 No. 173 |
| unused day | any period of 24 consecutive hours in the cod recovery zone or the sole recovery zone to which a relevant fishing boat carrying regulated gear is entitled to and has not used in any management period determined under article 3 or 14; | United Kingdom | 2007 No. 40 |
| unusual circumstances | the next regularly scheduled work day.” See section 1002.181. | United States | 70 FR 75246 |
| unutilized and underutilized plant-capacity costs | the costs associated with operating and maintaining the facilities and equipment of an Army arsenal that the Secretary of the Army determines are required to be kept for mobilization needs, in those months in which the facilities and equipment are not used or are used only 20 percent or less of available work days. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| unutilized natural gas | gas that is available in small remote fields and cannot be economically transported to natural gas pipelines, or gas the quality of which is so poor that extensive and uneconomic pretreatment is required prior to its introduction into the natural gas distribution system. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| unvented hot water storage vessel | a hot water storage vessel that does not have a vent pipe to the atmosphere. | United Kingdom | 1999 No. 1148 |
| unwrapped loaf of bread | a loaf of bread which is not made up in advance ready for retail sale or wholesale in a securely closed container and includes bread offered for sale in a confining band. | United Kingdom | 2013 No. 261 |
| unwrapped | neither wrapped so as to prevent the passage of micro-organisms nor enclosed in a receptacle which prevents the passage of such organisms. | United Kingdom | 2000 No. 93 |
| up to 12 months. | the last day of such additional period of time. As with the interim rule, the Final Rule provides that the FDIC's Board will announce its decision regarding any additional extension of the TAG program no later than October 29, 2010. At that time, if such a further extension beyond December 31, 2010, is warranted, the Board will announce the TAG expiration date that will conclude the TAG program. | United States | 75 FR 36506 |
| up to | of accurately disclosing penalty fees in a manner that is substantially similar to the applicable tables in G-10 or G-17 of appendix G. | United States | 75 FR 37525 |
| up-dated plan | that plan as reviewed in accordance with this article (whether or not it has been amended on review). | United Kingdom | 2014 No. 3348 |
| up-lighting/accent lighting | by “up-lighting” in the context of ceiling fan light kits. EPCA expressly subjects ceiling fan light kits with sockets other than medium screw base and pin-based for fluorescent lamps to the wattage limitation requirement. It is conceivable that some ceiling fan light kit designs could provide “up-lighting” if the lamps installed in the ceiling fan light kit are directed upward. Thus, these ceiling fan light kits would be subject to the 190-watt limitation. However, DOE does not consider ceiling fan accent lighting that is not a significant light source to be part of the 190-watt limitation. | United States | 71 FR 71339 |
| up-rating order | the Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 1995(3). | United Kingdom | 1995 No. 72 |
| updated List | the list established by the EU List of Wastes, as last amended by Commission Decision 2014/955/EU amending Decision 2000/532/EC on the list of waste pursuant to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(32). | United Kingdom | 2015 No. 1360 |
| updated payment yield | the payment yield elected by the owner of a farm under section 7912(e) of this title to be used in calculating the counter-cyclical payments for the farm. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| upgrade of a district heating system | an alteration or improvement to a district heating system which enables the system to deliver heat to domestic properties at a lower value of kilograms of carbon dioxide per kilowatt hours of heat delivered. | United Kingdom | 2009 No. 1905 |
| upgrading | any major modification work on a structural subsystem or part of a structural subsystem which improves the overall performance of the subsystem, and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly; | United Kingdom | 2006 No. 397 |
| upholstered furniture | furniture or second-hand furniture with a permanent cover that is filled, stuffed or padded in any way. | Ireland | www.irishstatutebook.ie/1995/en/si/03... |
| upland area | any area of land shaded pink on the two volumes of maps numbered 1 and 2 , each volume being marked “Volume of maps of less?favoured farming areas in Wales”, dated 20th May 1991 , signed by the Secretary of State for Wales and deposited in the Library of the National Assembly for Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NQ. | United Kingdom | 2004 No. 3280 (W. 284) |
| upland breeding wader sites | sites of enclosed marginal hill land used by breeding waders and which are identified by the Department; | United Kingdom | 1999 No. 208 |
| upland heath | land with a type of vegetation situated above the upper limit of agricultural enclosure with at least a 25% cover of heathers, bilberry and western gorse; | United Kingdom | 1999 No. 1176 |
| upland | land situated in any area in England specified as a less-favoured farming area by Council Directive (EEC) No. 84/169(16) as amended by Commission Decision (EEC) No. 91/25(17); | United Kingdom | 2000 No. 3048 |
| uplift | the vertical distance between the top of a lighting column and the optical centre of the luminaire;”. | United Kingdom | 2001 No. 73 |
| upon reasonable request | or device, or to make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any particular person, class of persons, or locality, or to subject any particular person, class of persons, or locality to any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage.” As described below, these provisions provide additional independent authority for the rules we adopt today. | United States | 80 FR 19737 |
| upper Great Lakes | that portion of the Great Lakes Basin which is upstream from the confluence of the Saint Clair River and Lake Huron near Port Huron, Michigan. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| upper Loch Creran | the area of Scottish inshore waters lying to the east side of a straight line drawn between points AJ and AK; | United Kingdom | 2007 No. 185 |
| upper State | each of New South Wales and Victoria. | Australia | https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F20... |
| upper age limit | the highest age of pupils for whom education is normally provided at the school. | United Kingdom | 2007 No. 1289 |
| upper airway | the nasal cavity, nasopharynx, oropharynx, hypopharynx or larynx. | Australia | https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F20... |
| upper and lower age limits | the highest and lowest ages of pupils for whom it is intended that education is normally provided at the school; | United Kingdom | 2007 No. 1288 |
| upper assessment threshold | the upper assessment threshold specified for the relevant pollutant in Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 4; | United Kingdom | 2007 No. 265 |
| upper atmosphere | that portion of the Earth's sensible atmosphere above the troposphere. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| upper deck | of watertight closing; | United Kingdom | 1997 No. 1509 |
| upper limit | the upper limit specified in the Table of Guilty Plea Fees payable to a solicitor, or the Table of Trial Preparation Fees payable to counsel, as applicable.”; | United Kingdom | 2015 No. 215 |
| upper profits limit | the greater of those sums. | United Kingdom | 2003 No. 193 |
| upper size limit | the dimensions of the largest square mesh through which the largest tuber does not pass. | United Kingdom | 2006 No. 1161 |
| upper tier establishment | an establishment where a dangerous substance is present in a quantity equal to or in excess of the quantity listed in the entry for that substance in column 3 of Part 1 or in column 3 of Part 2 of Schedule 1, where applicable using the rule laid down in note 4 of Part 3 of that Schedule. | United Kingdom | 2015 No. 483 |
| upper tier top up earned pension | top up earned pension payable if a member meets the upper tier payment threshold. | United Kingdom | 2014 No. 290 |
| upper tier top up earned pension | top up earned pension payable if a member meets the upper tier payment threshold; | United Kingdom | 2014 No. 1964 |
| upper-tier county council | a county council for each part of whose area there is a district council. | United Kingdom | 2012 No. 1631 |
| upper-tier establishment | an establishment where dangerous substances are present in quantities equal to or in excess of the quantities listed in Column 3 of Part 1 or in Column 3 of Part 2 of Schedule 1, where applicable using the summation rule laid down in note 4 to Schedule 1; | Ireland | www.irishstatutebook.ie/2015/en/si/02... |
| upper-tier municipality | a municipality of which two or more lower-tier municipalities form part for municipal purposes. (“municipalité de palier supérieur”) 2001, c. 25, s. 1 (1); 2005, c. 5, s. 44 (1, 2); 2006, c. 9, Sched. H, s. 5 (1); 2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 1. | Canada | www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/01m25 |
| upper | the outer face of the structural element which is attached to the outer sole. | Ireland | www.irishstatutebook.ie/1996/en/si/00... |
| uprated earnings | the same as in paragraph 11(2) of Schedule 2. | United Kingdom | 1995 No. 300 |
| upright | that all parts of a vehicle are upright; | United Kingdom | 2011 No. 394 |
| upstream Ouseburn | that part of the Ouseburn lying between an imaginary line drawn across the upstream face of the Low Level Bridge and the Ouseburn Culvert at reference point 426168 564695; | United Kingdom | 2007 No. 608 |
| upstream assets | assets used in the exploration for, or in the development, production and marketing of, crude oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids, bitumen, synthetic oils and sulphur; | Canada | S.C. 1991, c. 10 |
| upstream deposit | indebtedness owing by the bank to the affiliate. | Canada | R.S.C., 1985, c. 1 (5th Supp.) |
| upstream pipeline network | any pipeline or network of pipelines operated and/or constructed as part of an oil or gas production project, or used to convey natural gas from one or more such projects to a processing plant or terminal or final coastal landing terminal; | European Union | 32003L0055 |
| upstream pipeline operator | a person operating an upstream pipeline in accordance with a consent given by the Minister under Section 40(1).”. | Ireland | www.irishstatutebook.ie/2005/en/si/03... |
| upstream pipeline | any pipeline operated or constructed as part of a gas production project, or used to convey natural gas from one or more such projects to a processing plant or terminal or final coastal landing terminal. | Ireland | Number 10 of 2002 |
| upstream producer | a holder of one or more petroleum lease(s) who produces natural gas under the terms of such petroleum lease(s); | Ireland | www.irishstatutebook.ie/2003/en/si/04... |
| upstream river | that part of the river lying between the downstream limit of deviation of the scheduled works and Ilford bridge at reference point TQ433863; | United Kingdom | 1995 No. 519 |
| uranium enriched in the isotope 235 or 233 | uranium containing the isotope 235 or 233 or both in an amount such that the abundance ratio of the sum of these isotopes to the isotope 238 is greater than the ratio of the isotope 235 to the isotope 238 occurring in nature; | European Union | 22008A0208(01) |
| uranium enrichment equipment | equipment(3) capable of being used in or in connection with the enrichment of uranium; | United Kingdom | 2006 No. 2815 |
| uranium enrichment software | any software capable of being used in or in connection with the enrichment or uranium.”. | United Kingdom | 2006 No. 2815 |
| uranium enrichment | the separation of uranium of a given isotopic content into 2 components, 1 having a higher percentage of a fissile isotope and 1 having a lower percentage. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| uranium plasma generation systems | systems for the generation of uranium plasma as described in entry 5.8.3; | United Kingdom | 2004 No. 1255 |
| uranium-235 | the isotope 235U. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| urban areas | those areas within the scenic area identified as urban areas on the map referred to in section 544b(e) of this title or within the boundaries of an urban area as revised pursuant to section 544b(f) of this title. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| urban area | an area and areas adjacent thereto that are classified by Statistics Canada in its most recent census of Canada as urban; | Canada | R.S.C., 1985, c. R-4 |
| urban area | an area that includes a municipality or other built-up place that the Secretary, after considering local patterns and trends of urban growth, decides is appropriate for a local public transportation system to serve individuals in the locality. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| urban authority | the corporation of a borough, other than a county borough, or the council of an urban district. | Ireland | www.irishstatutebook.ie/1997/en/si/02... |
| urban development plan | a plan respecting the development and use of land within or within and adjacent to an urban area whereby it is proposed to control and regulate the use of that land for purposes of industry, commerce, government, recreation, transportation, hospitals, schools, churches, residences, homes for the elderly or for other purposes or classes of users, with or without subdivisions of the various classes. | Canada | R.S.C., 1985, c. R-4 |
| urban minimum living security regulations | to cheat enjoy the minimum living allowance for urban residents; and (b) to enjoy the urban minimum living allowance for the period , household income improved management approval is not required to inform the authorities continue to enjoy the urban minimum living allowance. Article 29 of the district urban (city) and county civil affairs department under the disapproval enjoy the urban minimum living allowance or deduction will be suspended for the urban minimum living allowance or refuses to accept the decision of administrative punishment according to this approach given , may apply for administrative reconsideration; still refuses to accept the reconsideration decision may bring an administrative lawsuit according to law. Article 30 The application of this approach to specific issues by the Chengdu City Bureau of Civil Affairs is responsible for interpretation. Article 31 These Measures shall go into effect September 1, 2004. |  China | www.chinalaw.gov.cn/article/fgkd/xfg/... |
| urban rail transit construction underground engineering risk management practices, | subway, light rail public transport system. The term mass transit facilities, refers to the railways, tunnels, overhead lines (including bridges), stations (including entrances, passages, air pavilion), vehicles, equipment, control centers, substations, electrical systems and other ancillary facilities , as well as for the protection of rail operations and related facilities set. Article 49 These Measures shall go into effect September 20, 2012. | China | www.chinalaw.gov.cn/article/fgkd/xfg/... |
| urban roads | urban roads as so classified in the First Schedule; | Kenya | CAP. 408 |
| urban transit authority | an entity owned or controlled by the federal government or a provincial, municipal or district government that provides commuter services. | Canada | S.C. 1996, c. 10 |
| urban waste water | domestic waste water or the mixture of domestic waste water with industrial waste water and/or run-off rainwater. | United Kingdom | 1995 No. 12 |
| urban waste water | domestic waste water or the mixture of domestic waste water with industrial waste water; | Ireland | Number 30 of 2007 |
| urban waterfront and port | any developed area that is densely populated and is being used for, or has been used for, urban residential recreational, commercial, shipping or industrial purposes. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| urbanized area | a geographic area with a population of 50,000 or more, as determined by the Bureau of the Census. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| urgency direction | a direction under rule 6(1B), 7(2B) or 8(4B). | United Kingdom | 2006 No. 880 |
| urgent aftercare of discharged offenders | assisting the following persons to become sound members of society willing to comply with laws and protecting their prompt improvement and rehabilitation, when it is considered that such persons, after they are released from physical restraint administered by penal procedures or protective measures, will not be able to receive assistance from relatives or medical care, lodgings, employment or other protection measures from public health and welfare organizations or other organizations, or will not be able to improve and rehabilitate themselves with only such assistance or protection, by providing them with or lending them money or goods, offering them accommodation, aiding them to return and live in their place of stay, to receive medical care or medical treatment, to obtain employment or cultural education and training, giving them vocational guidance, and teaching them the life skills necessary to adapt themselves, helping them improve their circumstances and assisting them in coordinating to their circumstances. | Japan | Act No. 88 of 2007 |
| urgent case | any circumstances in which, in the opinion of a dentist, a patient needs immediate treatment for an acute condition. | United Kingdom | 2010 No. 208 |
| urgent circumstances | that there is an insufficiency of allogeneic blood in Canada that poses an immediate and substantial risk to public health. | Canada | SOR/2013-178 |
| urinalysis | a prescribed procedure by which a person provides a urine sample, by the normal excretory process, for analysis. | Canada | S.C. 1992, c. 20 |
| usable area | an area used by laying hens, not including a nesting area, which is at least 30cm wide with a floor slope not exceeding 14% and with headroom of at least 45 cm;”. | United Kingdom | 2002 No. 1898 (W. 199) |
| usable space | the space above the minimum grade level which can be used for the attachment of wires, cables, and associated equipment. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| usage guideline | the notice referred to in article 4(1)(a)(iii) of this Order; | United Kingdom | 1995 No. 2808 |
| use X | a use which is wholly for the purposes of a business carried on or intended to be carried on by a person who is the bill payer; | United Kingdom | 2012 No. 2079 |
| use Y | a use which is predominantly, but not wholly, for the purposes of a business carried on or intended to be carried on by a person who is the bill payer; | United Kingdom | 2012 No. 2079 |
| use Z | a use other than one which is wholly or predominantly for the purposes of a business carried on or intended to be carried on by a person who is the bill payer. | United Kingdom | 2012 No. 2079 |
| use as a parting material | the application of the material to the surface or parts of the surface of a pattern or of a mould so as to facilitate the separation of the pattern from the mould or the separation of parts of the mould; | United Kingdom | 1998 No. 1357 |
| use as shop premises | that the sole or principal use of the lands and heritages takes place there in a building or part of a building that is used wholly or mainly for the retail sale of goods to members of the public who visit the building to buy goods for consumption or use elsewhere, whether or not by the buyer, for purposes unconnected with a trade or business.”. | United Kingdom | 2013 No. 37 |
| use for residential purposes | use as a dwellinghouse; | United Kingdom | 2005 No. 222 |
| use of certified EHR technology in a meaningful manner. | that to qualify for incentives, an eligible professional or eligible hospital must both adopt Certified EHR Technology and demonstrate meaningful use of this technology. Congress further specified that Certified EHR Technology must be certified as meeting the standards adopted by the Secretary, which we adopt in this rule. As referenced in the preamble to the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentives Program proposed rule the Medicare and/or Medicaid incentive payments are available to certain eligible professionals and eligible hospitals. | United States | 75 FR 2013 |
| use of electrical energy | the conversion of electrical energy into chemical energy, mechanical energy, sound, heat or light, or the use or application of electrical energy to or for any of the purposes for which it may be or become or be found to be adapted; | Kenya | CAP. 314 |
| use of mooring and float lines that can entangle manatees | for reducing the number of lines discarded in this area. Therefore, we have modified the rule to remove this proposed prohibition. | United States | 77 FR 15617 |
| use of this check will trigger immediate interest and fees. | of the disclosures under § 226.9(b)(3)(i)(C) and (b)(3)(i)(D). In consumer testing conducted for the Board, most consumers saw these disclosures presented on the front of the page containing the checks and understood them. | United States | 74 FR 5244 |
| used PCBs | any PCBs which are waste within the meaning of Directive 75/442/EEC(6). | United Kingdom | 2000 No. 232 |
| used cooking oil | catering waste consisting of oils and fats from food-processing and the by-products of such oils and fats (other than any such oils and fats derived in any way from ruminant bones) where these are collected from food businesses (as such term as defined in Article 2 of Council Directive 93/43(4) on the hygiene of foodstuffs). | United Kingdom | 2001 No. 286 |
| used equipment | such used or surplus equipment (including furniture and motor vehicles) as the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives may prescribe by regulation. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| used farm implement | a farm implement that has been operated for a distance or for a period of time in excess of that required to deliver it to the dealer and to enable the dealer to service, prepare and operate it for the purposes of sale. (“appareil agricole usagé”) R.S.O. 1990, c. F.4, s. 23 (1); 2005, c. 19, s. 6 (1-3). | Canada | www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90f04 |
| used for commercial purposes | the carriage of persons or property for any fare, fee, rate, charge or other consideration, or directly or indirectly in connection with any business, or other undertaking intended for profit. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| used fur | fur in any form which has been worn or used by an ultimate consumer. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| used litter | any substance which has been used for the bedding of animals; | United Kingdom | 2006 No. 44 |
| used oil | any oil which has been refined from crude oil, has been used, and as a result of such use has been contaminated by physical or chemical impurities. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| used primarily | that if “50% of the peaches harvested, plus one, are used for human food” then peaches are an agricultural commodity. MGEX commented that this definition could lead to a slippery slope of managing the use for each crop and that the definition did not appear to provide for legal certainty. | United States | 76 FR 41048 |
| used tangible personal property | tangible personal property that has been used in Canada; | Canada | R.S.C., 1985, c. E-15 |
| used | the regulated public service vehicle is being used to provide a scheduled service. | United Kingdom | 2003 No. 37 |
| useful article | an article having an intrinsic utilitarian function that is not merely to portray the appearance of the article or to convey information. | Singapore | Cap. 63 |
| useful article | an article that has a utilitarian function and includes a model of any such article; | Canada | R.S.C., 1985, c. C-42 |
| useful contribution and valuable product | of disposing or discarding them. | United States | 76 FR 15455 |
| useful life | the relevant period of distance and/or time over which compliance with the relevant gaseous and particulate emission limits has to be assured. | European Union | 42010X0831(01) |
| user ID | a unique identifier allocated to a person when they subscribe to or register with an Internet access service or Internet communications service. | Ireland | Number 3 of 2011 |
| user accessible programmability | of an electronic computer which may be a programmable logic controller, i.e. without mechanical intervention; | United Kingdom | 2003 No. 1938 |
| user accessible programmability | of an electronic computer which may be a programmable logic controller, i.e., without mechanical intervention. | European Union | 32006R0394 |
| user as of right | use or enjoyment without force, without secrecy and without the oral or written consent of the servient owner. | Ireland | Number 27 of 2009 |
| user charge | a charge imposed on air carriers for the provision of airport, airport environmental, air navigation, or aviation security facilities or services including related services and facilities; | European Union | 22012A1120(01) |
| user charge | a charge imposed on airlines for the provision of airport, airport environmental, air navigation, or aviation security facilities or services including related services and facilities. | European Union | 22007A0525(01) |
| user establishment | any establishment where animals are used in procedures; | European Union | 21999A0824(01) |
| user of a registration card | the person to whom a registration card which has not expired or been cancelled has been issued, and includes, where a registration card has been issued to a company under regulations 7C(4) and 7D(2), a director or secretary of that company who is authorised to use that registration card; | United Kingdom | 1998 No. 2622 |
| user of the electronic manifest | a hazardous waste generator, a hazardous waste transporter, an owner or operator of a hazardous waste treatment, storage, recycling, or disposal facility, or any other person that: (1) Is required to use a manifest to comply with any federal or state requirement to track the shipment, transportation, and receipt of hazardous waste or other material that is shipped from the site of generation to an off-site facility for treatment, storage, disposal, or recycling; and (2) Elects to submit either an electronic manifest form or currently submits a paper manifest (or data from such paper manifest) to the system. The regulatory definition in § 260.10 tracks the statutory definition with respect to tracking waste shipments from the site of generation to the off-site treatment, storage, disposal, or recycling facilities which have been designated to manage the waste upon receipt. In addition, the regulatory definition of “user of the electronic manifest” includes language to clarify that the electronic manifest, like the paper manifest form, may also be used to track shipments of rejected wastes or regulated container residues from the site of the rejecting facility (or facility shipping residues) to either an alternative facility or back to the original generation site in the event of a return shipment. | United States | 79 FR 7517 |
| user-accessible programmability | of an electronic computer which may be a programmable logic controller, i.e. without mechanical intervention. | European Union | 32012L0010 |
| user-ready tether anchorage | a device that transfers the tether strap load from a restraint system or booster seat and its occupant to the vehicle structure or a vehicle seat structure, and that is designed to accept a tether strap hook directly, without requiring the installation of any other device. | Canada | SOR/2010-90 |
| user‑accessible programmability | of an electronic computer which may be a programmable logic controller, i.e., without mechanical intervention. | Australia | https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F20... |
| users of the technology | of providing effective communication. | United States | 75 FR 56163 |
| users | any natural or legal person benefiting from universal service provision as a sender or an addressee; | Ireland | www.irishstatutebook.ie/2002/en/si/06... |
| users | individuals, including consumers or organisations, using or requesting public telecommunications services. | Ireland | www.irishstatutebook.ie/1998/en/si/00... |
| user | a legal entity or natural person using or requesting a publicly available electronic communications service. | Ireland | www.irishstatutebook.ie/2011/en/si/03... |
| user | a legal entity or natural person using or requesting a publicly available electronic communications service; | European Union | 32002L0021 |
| uses | employs, hires, persuades, induces, entices, or coerces. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| use | any processing, formulation, consumption, storage, keeping, treatment, filling into containers, transfer from one container to another, mixing, production of an article or any other utilisation; | European Union | 32008R1272 |
| use | feeding to animals. | Ireland | www.irishstatutebook.ie/2003/en/si/02... |
| usual commercial quantities | the quantities in which such merchandise is there sold at the price or prices for one quantity in an aggregate volume which is greater than the aggregate volume sold at the price or prices for any other quantity. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| usual place of duty | a member’s police station or other police establishment in which the member is stationed or, where such place of duty has been temporarily changed and after such period from the date of change as the chief constable may determine, in which he is temporarily stationed, as the case may be. | United Kingdom | 1996 No. 565 |
| usual place of residence | the place where it is incorporated or otherwise legally constituted. | Singapore | Cap. 117A |
| usual place of residence | the place where it is registered ; |  Sri Lanka | 19 of 2006 |
| utilitarian function | a function other than merely serving as a substrate or carrier for artistic or literary matter. | Canada | R.S.C., 1985, c. C-42 |
| utilitarian function | a function other than merely serving as a substrate or carrier for artistic or literary matter; | Canada | R.S.C., 1985, c. I-9 |
| utilities | the provision of services such as lighting, heating, ventilation and water supply. | United Kingdom | 2003 No. 612 |
| utility crossing | that part of a utility line that passes over or under a line of railway, and includes any structure supporting or protecting that part of that utility line or facilitating the crossing; | Canada | R.S.C., 1985, c. 32 (4th Supp. |
| utility lighter | a lighter that is 100 mm or greater in length when it is in the fully extended position. | Canada | SOR/2008-231 |
| utility line | of enabling the transmission of goods or energy or the provision of services. | Canada | S.C. 1996, c. 10 |
| utility regulatory authority | any State agency or Federal agency that has ratemaking authority with respect to the sale of electric energy by any electric utility or independent power producer. For purposes of this paragraph, the terms "electric utility", "State agency", "Federal agency", and "ratemaking authority" have the respective meanings given such terms in section 2602 of title 16. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| utility regulatory commission | any State agency or Federal agency which has authority to fix, modify, approve, or disapprove rates for the sale of electric energy by any electric utility (other than by such agency). | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| utility service provider | a retail public utility other than a district subject to Section 49.452 of this code. | United States | WATER CODE - Title 2 - Chapter |
| utility service | the provision of water, sewer service, gas, electric energy, or a substance used for lighting, heat, or power. | United States | LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE - Title |
| utility system | an electric, water, sewer, solid waste disposal, drainage utility, or natural gas system, or any combination of those systems. | United States | LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE - Title |
| utility | a highway, an irrigation ditch, a publicly owned or operated drainage system, sewer or dike, an underground telegraph or telephone line or a line for the transmission of hydrocarbons, electricity or any other substance. | Canada | R.S.C., 1985, c. N-7 |
| utility | any person or body (other than the Board) including a local authority providing services to the public generally or to any section or member of the public pursuant to powers and duties in that behalf contained in any Statute or pursuant to any licence or permit granted pursuant to any Statute; | Ireland | www.irishstatutebook.ie/1999/en/si/00... |
| utilization facility | (1) any equipment or device, except an atomic weapon, determined by rule of the Commission to be capable of making use of special nuclear material in such quantity as to be of significance to the common defense and security, or in such manner as to affect the health and safety of the public, or peculiarly adapted for making use of atomic energy in such quantity as to be of significance to the common defense and security, or in such manner as to affect the health and safety of the public; or (2) any important component part especially designed for such equipment or device as determined by the Commission. | United States | uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/pre... |
| utopian, | whereby participants can obtain relevant information for use in an N-case. | United States | 79 FR 33389 |
| uveitis | inflammation of the vascular middle coat of the eye ball, comprising the iris, ciliary body and choroid. | Australia | https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F20... |
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