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Usura

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

Lat.

In the civll law. Money given for the use of money; interest Commonly used in the plural, "usurœ," Dig. 22, 1.

— Usura mauifesta. Manifest or open usury ; as distinguished from usura velata, veiled or concealed usury, which consists m giving a bond for the loan, in the amount of which is included the stipulated interest.

— Usura maritima. Interest taken on bottomry or respondentia bonds, which is proportioned to the risk, and is not affected by the usury laws.