unity of time

unity of time
The classical unity that states that the action of a play should take place over no more than 24 hours

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  • unity of time — n. Sharing an interest in property simultaneously. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …   Law dictionary

  • unity of time — One of the essential Properties of a joint tenancy whereby the estates of the joint tenants must be vested at one and the same time. See 2 Bl Comm 181 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • Unity — U ni*ty, n.; pl. {Unities}. [OE. unite, F. unit[ e], L. unitas, from unus one. See {One}, and cf. {Unit}.] 1. The state of being one; oneness. [1913 Webster] Whatever we can consider as one thing suggests to the understanding the idea of unity.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Unity of type — Unity U ni*ty, n.; pl. {Unities}. [OE. unite, F. unit[ e], L. unitas, from unus one. See {One}, and cf. {Unit}.] 1. The state of being one; oneness. [1913 Webster] Whatever we can consider as one thing suggests to the understanding the idea of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • unity — uni·ty / yü nə tē/ n pl ties 1: the quality or state of not being multiple: the quality or state of being one, single, whole, or the same only if there is unity of ownership of the immovable and movables 2: an aspect (as time, title, interest, or …   Law dictionary

  • unity — [yo͞o′nə tē] n. pl. unities [ME unite < OFr unité < L unitas, oneness < unus,ONE] 1. the state of being one, or united; oneness; singleness 2. something complete in itself; single, separate thing 3. the quality of being one in spirit,… …   English World dictionary

  • unity — Under common law, four unities had to be present to create a joint tenancy: interest the tenants must have one and the same interest; title the interests must accrue by one and the same instrument or conveyance; time the interests must commence… …   Black's law dictionary

  • unity — n. (pl. ies) 1 oneness; being one, single, or individual; being formed of parts that constitute a whole; due interconnection and coherence of parts (disturbs the unity of the idea; the pictures lack unity; national unity). 2 harmony or concord… …   Useful english dictionary

  • unity — noun (plural unities) 1》 the state of being united.     ↘a thing forming a complex whole. 2》 Mathematics the number one. 3》 a dramatic principle requiring limitation of the supposed time of a drama to that occupied in acting it or to a single day …   English new terms dictionary

  • unity — /yooh ni tee/, n., pl. unities. 1. the state of being one; oneness. 2. a whole or totality as combining all its parts into one. 3. the state or fact of being united or combined into one, as of the parts of a whole; unification. 4. absence of… …   Universalium

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