Unity
U´ni`ty
| n. | 1. | The state of being one; oneness. |
| 2. | Concord; harmony; conjunction; agreement; uniformity; as, a unity of proofs; unity of doctrine. |
| 3. | (Math.) Any definite quantity, or aggregate of quantities or magnitudes taken as one, or for which 1 is made to stand in calculation; thus, in a table of natural sines, the radius of the circle is regarded as unity. |
| 4. | (Poetry & Rhet.) In dramatic composition, one of the principles by which a uniform tenor of story and propriety of representation are preserved; conformity in a composition to these; in oratory, discourse, etc., the due subordination and reference of every part to the development of the leading idea or the eastablishment of the main proposition. |
| 5. | (Fine Arts & Mus.) Such a combination of parts as to constitute a whole, or a kind of symmetry of style and character. |
| 6. | (Law) The peculiar characteristics of an estate held by several in joint tenancy. |
UNITY, estates. An agreement or coincidence of certain qualities in the
title of a joint estate or an estate in common.
2. In a joint estate there must exist four unities; that of interest,
for a joint-tenant cannot be entitled to one period of duration or quantity
of interest in lands, and the other to a different; one cannot be tenant for
life, and the other for years: that of title, and therefore their estate
must be created by one and, the same act; that of time, for their estates
must be vested at one and the same period, as well as by one and the same
title; and lastly, the unity of possession: hence joint-tenants are seised
per my et per tout, or by the half or moiety and by all: that is, each of
them has an entire possession, as well of every parcel as of the whole. 2
Bl. Com. 179-182; Co. Litt. 188.
3. Coparceners must have the unities of interest, title, and
possession.
4. In tenancies in common, the unity of possession is alone required. 2
Bl. Com. 192; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1861-83. Vide Estate in Common; Estate in
Joint-tenancy; Joint-tenants; Tenant in Common; Tenants, Joint.
accord,
accordance,
affinity,
agape,
agreement,
amity,
bonds of harmony,
brotherly love,
calm,
caritas,
cement of friendship,
charity,
coequality,
coherence,
cohesion,
coincidence,
collectivity,
combination,
communion,
community,
community of interests,
compatibility,
completeness,
complex,
comprehensiveness,
concord,
concordance,
concurrence,
conformance,
congeniality,
congruence,
congruity,
congruousness,
consensus,
consistency,
consonance,
constancy,
continuity,
correspondence,
elementarity,
embodiment,
empathy,
entireness,
entirety,
equability,
equality,
equanimity,
equilibrium,
equivalence,
esprit,
esprit de corps,
eternity,
evenness,
exhaustiveness,
feeling of identity,
fellow feeling,
fellowship,
frictionlessness,
fullness,
fundamentality,
glory,
good vibes,
good vibrations,
happy family,
harmony,
holiness,
holism,
homogeneity,
homoousia,
identity,
immutability,
impartibility,
inclusiveness,
indiscerptibility,
indissolubility,
indistinguishability,
individuality,
indivisibility,
infinite goodness,
infinite justice,
infinite love,
infinite mercy,
infinite power,
infinite wisdom,
infinity,
infrangibility,
infusibility,
inseparability,
insolubility,
intactness,
integer,
integrality,
integration,
integrity,
kinship,
light,
like-mindedness,
likeness,
love,
majesty,
monism,
monolithism,
mutuality,
no difference,
omnipotence,
omnipotency,
omnipresence,
omniscience,
omnisciency,
oneness,
organic unity,
peace,
persistence,
pervasiveness,
plainness,
purity,
rapport,
rapprochement,
reciprocity,
resemblance,
sameness,
self-identity,
selfhood,
selfness,
selfsameness,
severity,
sharing,
similarity,
similitude,
simpleness,
simplicity,
singleness,
singularity,
solidarity,
solidity,
sovereignty,
stability,
starkness,
steadfastness,
steadiness,
sympathy,
symphony,
synonymity,
synonymousness,
synonymy,
team spirit,
thoroughness,
total approach,
totality,
ubiquity,
unadulteration,
unanimity,
understanding,
unification,
uniformity,
union,
uniqueness,
unison,
uniting,
universality,
unmixedness,
unruffledness,
unsophistication,
whole,
wholeness
unity - the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number; "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch at one"
unity - the quality of being united into one