Legal Definition and Related Resources of Unilateral

One sided, having relation to only one of two or more persons or things.

adjective

• independent
• lone
• not reciprocal
• onesided
• single
• singular
• unaided
• Associated Concepts: unilateral action
• unilateral contract
• unilateral mistake

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Notion of Unilateral

The meaning of Unilateral may be as follows: Action by one party. In international affairs, the United States might act unilaterally, rather than pursuing bilateral or multilateral decisions or actions, if it believes that unilateral actions will best advance national interests.

Grammar

This term is an adjetive.

Etimology of Unilateral

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1802, from Modern Latin unilateralis, from unum, neuter of unus “one” (see one) + latus (genitive lateralis) “the side, flank” (see latero-). Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) may have been the first to use it in the legal sense of “made or entered into by one party.” Related: Unilaterally. Unilateral disarmament is recorded from 1929. It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion. [William Ralph Inge, “Outspoken Essays,” 1919]

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See Also

• Bilateral