Mereological composition of universals generates Bradley's regress: the relation binding unit universals into a sum itself requires explanation, deferring rather than grounding incompatibility.

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Bradley's regress(General problem in ontology; Lowe's formal-relation strategy is intended to block it): An infinite regress that arises when a relation between constituents of a state of affairs is itself treated as a further constituent requiring yet another relation to bind it, and so on without end
F.H. Bradley(the philosopher whose argument is referenced): A 19th-century British philosopher who argued that our everyday understanding of relations and things doesn't actually hold up under logical scrutiny.
Mereological composition(in metaphysics): The way parts combine together to form a whole object. 'Mereology' is the study of how parts relate to wholes, so this phrase is about how smaller things build up into bigger things.
grounding(Drawn from contemporary metaphysics; proposed as potentially applicable to understanding the foundations of legality.): A metaphysical relation in which some entities or facts are more foundational than others, providing a hierarchical structure of the world.

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