UDAL RIGHT. Under the old Scotch law, a species of freehold interest or title to land, inde pendent of the ordinary feudal dues. and cor responding somewhat to an allodial title to real property in England. It was not acquired by a charter or deed, but by continuous possession for a long number of years. which fact could be estab lished by the testimony of witnesses.
UDDEVALLA,141'de.s.Q3Flit. A port of Sweden, situated at the head of the Byfjord, 48 miles north of Goteborg (Map: Sweden, D 7). It has a school of navigation, and manufactures cot ton goods and furniture. There are also sugar refineries, wood-pulp mills, and granite quarries. Population, in 1901, 9442.
UDINE, (.j'dt•-nA. The capital of the Prov ince of Udine, Italy, in a fertile, highly cultivated plain on the Roja Canal, 84 miles by rail north east of Venice (Map: Italy, H 1 ) . It consists of an inner and an outer town separated by fortifi cations. The streets are crooked and narrow, but it is an agreeable city. In the centre of the town rises a hill crowned by a castle, now used as a barracks, dating from 1517. The chief square lies at the southern base of the hill. The imposing municipal palace. in the style of the Doges' Palace
of Venice, contains a large marble statue of Ajax, and some excellent mural paintings. The Roman esque cathedral possesses a finely sculptured por tal. Udine has a handsome theatre, a splendid archiepiscopal palace with historic memories, a school of industrial arts, and a technical insti tute. There is a small public garden, and the ar tistic house of the painter Giovanni da Udine is shown. In the Palazzo Bartolini there are a mu nicipal museum of antiquities. paintings by Gio vanni da Udine, and a library of over 27.000 volumes. Udine has one of the most nnique and beautiful countries in the world. The city manufactures silks, velvets, leather, metal-ware, paper, and sugar. The chief trade is in flax and hemp. Population (commune), in 1881, 32,020; in 1901, 37,942.
Udine, the ancient Utina, was an important city in the Middle Ages. In the thirteenth cen tury it became the capital of Friuli. In 1420 it passed to Venice. Near Udine is the small but interesting town of Cividale del Friuli (q.v.), the ancient Forum Julii.