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Webster 1913 Edition

Undue

Un-due′

,
Adj.
1.
Not due; not yet owing;
as, an
undue
debt, note, or bond
.
2.
Not right; not lawful or legal; improper;
as, an
undue
proceeding
.
Bacon.
3.
Not agreeable to a rule or standard, or to duty; disproportioned; excessive; immoderate; inordinate;
as, an
undue
attachment to forms; an
undue
rigor in the execution of law
.
Undue influence
(Law)
,
any improper or wrongful constraint, machination, or urgency of persuasion, by which one’s will is overcome and he is induced to do or forbear an act which he would not do, or would do, if left to act freely.
Abbott.

Webster 1828 Edition

Undue

UNDUE

, a.
1.
Not due; not yet demandable of right; as a debt, note or bond undue.
2.
Not right; not legal; improper; as an undue proceeding.
3.
Not agreeable to a rule or standard, or to duty; not proportioned; excessive; as an undue regard to the externals of religion; an undue attachment to forms; an undue rigor in the execution of law.

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