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U.E.

• 1 United Empire. See quotes.

  • 1790  (1905)  That the Board will take course to inform the Loyalists (U.E.) of the resolves of Council this in favor and direct the Clerk to refund any fees received from persons of that description.
  • 1909  The following year an order in Council granted 200 acres of land to all children of Loyal Subjects during the late war, with the honorable distinction that they and their descendants should add the letters U.E. to their names for all time.

• 2 one of a large number of persons loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolution, many of whom came to the eastern provinces of Canada as settlers during the Revolution and for some years afterwards.

  See also: United Empire Loyalist  

  • 1789  (1905)  And the said U.E. is hereby authorized to occupy and improve the said Lands. . . .
  • 1838  Many of them are sons of the sons of that portion of inhabitants who emigrated to this country, and whose loyalty cannot be doubted, called U.E.'s.
  • 1884  The people of Niagara should celebrate with the U.E.'s and make this a mammoth celebration.

• 3 the land grant of 200 hundred acres to which all Loyalists on the U.E. list were entitled, including the rights of sons and daughters of grantees to claim that grant at a later date.

  See also: U.E. list  U.E. rights  

  • 1834  (1926)  I am not surprised at your feeling uneasy about my U.E.'s, as the low price must have given you some fears as to the validity of the title, but be assured they are groundless. . . .