Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Act of Uniformity.
Hist. Any of several 16thand 17th-century acts mandating uniform religious practices in England and Ireland; specif. an act requiring the use of the Book of Common Prayer.
National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws
An organization that drafts and proposes statutes for adoption by individual states, with the goal of making the laws on various subjects uniform among the states. ( Founded in 1892 and composed of representatives from all 50 states, the Conference has drafted more than 200 uniform laws, including the Uniform Commercial Code. -Abbr. NCCUSL. - Also termed Uniform Law Commissioners. See UNIFORM ACT; MODEL ACT.
Uniform
adj. Characterized -by a lack of variation; identical or consistent.
Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act
An act, in force in all states, that sets out a standard (based on the child's residence in and connections with the state) by which a state court determines whether it has jurisdiction over a particular child-custody matter or whether it must recognize a custody decree issued by another state's court. - Abbr. UCCJA. Cf. PARENTAL KIDNAPPING PREVENTION ACT.
Uniform Code of Military Justice
1. CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE. 2. A model code promulgated by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws to govern state military forces when not in federal service. 11 U.L.A. 335 et seq. (1974). - Abbr. UCMJ.
Uniform Commercial Code
A uniform law that governs commercial transactions, including sales of goods, secured transactions, and negotiable instruments. ( The Code has been adopted in some form by every state. - Abbr. UCC.
Uniform Consumer Credit Code
A uniform law. designed to simplify and modernize the consumer credit and usury laws, to improve consumer understanding of the terms of credit transactions, to protect consumers against unfair practices, and the like. ( This Code has been adopted by only a few states. - Abbr. UCCC; U3C. - Also termed Consumer Credit Code. See CONSUMER CREDIT PROTECTION ACT.
Uniform Controlled Substances Act
A uniform act, adopted by many states and the federal government, governing the sale, use, and distribution of drugs. 21 USCA §§ 801 et seq.
Uniform Crime Reports
A series of annual criminological studies (each entitled Crime in the United States) prepared by the FBI. ( The reports include data on eight index offenses, statistics on arrests, and information on offenders, crime rates, and the like. - Abbr. UCR.
Uniform Customs and Practice for Commercial Documentary Credits
A publication of the International Chamber of Commerce that codifies widespread customs of bankers and merchants relating to the mechanics and operation of letters of credit. 0 Courts look to this publication to supplement and help interpret primary sources of credit law, such as UCC Article 5. - Abbr. UCP.
Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act
A type of Baby FTC Act that provides monetary and injunctive relief for a variety of unfair and deceptive acts, such as false advertising and disparagement. See BABY FTC ACT.
Uniform Division of Income for Tax Purposes Act
A uniform law, adopted by some states, that provides criteria to assist in assigning the total taxable income of a multistate corporation among the various states. - Abbr. UDITPA.
Uniform Divorce Recognition Act
A uniform code adopted by some states regarding fullfaith-and-credit issues that arise in divorces.
Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act
A uniform state law giving the holder of a foreign judgment the right to levy and execute as if it were a domestic judgment.
Uniform Fraudulent Conveyances Act
A model act adopted in 1918 to deal with issues arising from fraudulent conveyances by insolvent persons. ( This act differentiated between conduct that was presumed fraudulent and con- duct that required an actual intent to commit fraud. - Abbr. UFCA.
Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act
A model act designed to bring uniformity among the states regarding the definition of, and penalties for, fraudulent transfers. s This act was adopted in 1984 to replace the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyances Act. - Abbr. UFTA.
Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
See UNIFORM TRANSFERS TO MINORS ACT.
Uniform Law
An unofficial law proposed as legislation for all the states to adopt exactly as written, the purpose being to promote greater consistency among the states. 0 All the uniform laws are promulgated by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. For a complete collection, see Uniform Laws Annotated.
Uniform Law Commissioners
See NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF COMMISSIONERS ON UNIFORM STATE LAWS.
Uniform Partnership Act
A model code promulgated in 1914 to bring uniformity to state laws governing general and limited partnerships. ( The act was adopted by almost all the states, but has been superseded in several of them by the Revised Uniform Partnership Act (1994). - Abbr. UPA.
Uniform Principal and Income Act
A uniform code adopted by some states governing allocation of principal and income in trusts and estates.
Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act
A uniform law providing a procedure by which an alimony or child-support decree issued by one state can be enforced against a former spouse who resides in another state. -Abbr. URESA.
Uniform Transfers to Minors Act
A uniform law - adopted by most states - providing for the transfer of property to a minor, permitting a custodian acting in a fiduciary capacity to manage investments and apply the income from the property for the minor's support. -Abbr. UTMA. - Also termed Transfers to Minors Act. - Formerly also termed Uniform Gifts to Minors Act (UGMA); Gifts to Minors Act.
Uniformity Clause
The clause of the U.S. Constitution requiring the uniform collection of federal taxes. U.S. Const. art. I, § 8, cl. 1.
equal and uniform taxation
A tax system in which no person or class of persons in the taxing district - whether it be a state, city, or county - is taxed at a different rate from others in the same district on the same value or thing.
uniform act
A law drafted with the intention that it will be adopted by all or most of the states; esp., UNIFORM LAW. Cf. MODEL ACT.