Lat. In tbo civU law. A species of interdict for the purpose of retaining possession of a thing, granted to one who, at the time of contesting suit, was in possession of an Immovable thing, in order that he might he declared the legal pos-sessor. Hallifax, Civil Law, b. 3, c. 6, no. 8
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Lat. Both; each. “The justices, being in doubt as to the meaning of this word in an indictment, demanded the opinions of grammarians, who delivered thelr
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In Saxon and old Eng-lish law. The privilege of a lord of a manor to judge and punish a thief dwelling out of his liberty, and committing theft with-out the same, if he were caught within the lord’s jurisdiction. Cowell
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Born of the same mother. A uterine brother or sister is one born of the same mother, but by a different father
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In old English practice, octave; the octuve; the eighth day following any term or feast. Cowell
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Lat. As it was wont to run; applled to a water-course
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Lat. In international law. warlike uses or objects. It is the usus bellici whlch determlne an artlcle to be con-traband. 1 Kent, Comm. 141
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Lat in Roman law. Usufruct; usufructuary right or possession. The temporary right of using a thing, wlth-out having the ultimate property, or full do-mlulou, of the substauce. 2 Bl. Comm. 327
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In old English law. Interest of money; increase for the loan of mon-ey; a reward for the use of money. 2 Bl. Comm. 454
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Lat. In Roman law. A precarl-oug enjoymeut of land, corresponding wlth the rlght of habitatio of houses, and heing closely analogous to the tenancy at sufferance or at wiU of English law. The usuarius (i. e., tenant by usus) could only hold on so long as the owner found him convenient, aud had to go so soon as ever he was in the owner’s way, (moles tus.) The usttarius could not have
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Torts. The unlawful assumption of tlie use of property which be-longB to another; an interruption or the dls-turbing a man in his right and possession. Tomlins
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In insurance. An invasion from abroad, or an internal rebel-lion, where armies are drawn up against each other, when the laws are silent, and when the firing of towns becomes unavoida-ble. These words cannot mean the power of a common mob. 2 Marsh. Ins. 791
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Pertaining to usury; par-taking of the nature of usury; involving usury; tainted with usury; as, a usurious contract
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Lat. In the civil law. The interruption of a usucaption, by some att on the part of the real owner. Calvin
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Lat in the civil law. Mon-ey glven for the use of money; interest Commonly used in the plural, “usurae.” Dig. 22, 1
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In old English law. A usurer. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 52, § 14
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In the civil law. The right of enjoying a thing, the property of
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In the civil law. one who has the usufruct or right of enjoy-ing anything in which he has no property, Cartwright v. Cartwright, 18 Tex. 628
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LaL In the civil law. one who had the mere use of a thing belonging to another for the purpose of supplying his daily wants; a usuary. Dig. 7, 8, 10, pr.; Calvin
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or USUCAPTIO. A term of Roman law used to denote a mode of ac-qulsition of property. It corresponds very nearly to the term “prescription.” But the prescription of Roman law differed from that of the English law, in thls: that no mala fide possessor (i. e., person in possession knowingly of the property of another) could, by however long a period, acquire title by possesslon merely. The two essential requlsites to usucapio were justa causa (i. e., title) and bona fides, (i. e., lgnorance.) The term “usucapio” is sometimes, hut erroneous-ly, wrltten “usucaptio” Brown. See Pavey v. Vance, 56 ohio St. 162, 46 N. E. 898
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Lat. Up to; until. This is a word of exclusion, and a release of all demands usque ad a certain day does not cover a bond made on that day. 2 Mod. 28
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Habitual; ordlnary; customary; accordlng to usage or custom; commonly established, observed, or practised. See Chi* cago & A. R. Co. v. Hause, 71 111. App. 147; Kellogg ▼. Curtis, 69 Me. 214, 81 Am. Rep. 273; Tescher v Merea, 118 Ind. 586, 21 N. E. 816; Trust Co. v. Norris, 61 Minn. 256, 63 N. W. 634
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