See Also: unidentified flying object (UFO)(encyclopedia)
WRIT OF DEBT, practice(law)
unidentified(dictionary)
unidentified(dictionary)
unidentified reading frame(medicine)
Original issue discount debt (OID debt)(finance)
Original issue discount debt (OID debt)(money)
Junior debt (subordinate debt)(finance)
Junior debt (subordinate debt)(money)
object(1)(dictionary)

WRIT OF DEBT, practice (law) and unidentified flying object (UFO) (sh)


WRIT OF DEBT, practice (law)


WRIT OF Debt, practice. A writ which lies where the party claims the recovery of a Debt, i. e. a liquidated or certain sum of money alleged to be recovery of a Debt, i. e. a liquidated or certain sum of money alleged to be due to him. This is Debt in the debet, which is the principal and only due to him. This is Debt in the debet, which is the principal and only common form. There is another species mentioned in the books, called the common form. There is another species mentioned in the books, called the Debt in the detinet, which lies for the specific recovery of goods, under a Debt in the detinet, which lies for the specific recovery of goods, under a contract to deliver them. 1 Chit. Pl. 101. contract to deliver them. 1 Chit. Pl. 101.

unidentified flying object (UFO) (sh)




Aerial object or optical phenomenon not readily explainable to the observer.

Interest in UFOs increased with developments in aeronautics and astronautics after World War II. A U.S. government panel investigating sightings in the 1950s reported that 90% coincided with astronomical or meteorological phenomena or sightings of aircraft, birds, or hot gases, sometimes under unusual weather conditions. Some remained unexplained, however, and in the mid 1960s a few scientists concluded that a small percentage indicated the presence of extraterrestrial visitors. This sensational hypothesis, promoted in the press, met with prompt resistance from Other scientists. A U.S. Air Force UFO study begun in 1968 firmly rejected the extraterrestrial hypothesis, but a large fraction of the public, and a few scientists, continued to support it. UFO reports vary widely in reliability. The unaided eye is easily fooled; radar sightings of UFOs, more reliable in some ways, may fail to distinguish physical objects from meteor trails, rain, or thermal discontinuities and are subject to Radio interference. See also SETI.