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Usus Fructus

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

In the civil law. Usufruct; the right of using and enjoying the profits of a thing belonging to another, without impairing its substance. UT (Lat.) In old English law. That. A particle partici^larly appropriated to express a modus, or qualification, as si was used to express a condition. Bracton, fol.

18b. Co. Litt. 204a.

This shows that modus and conditio had essentially a different import. The use of ut in this peculiar application was taken from the civil law. UT AUDIVI (Lat.) As I heard.

Freem. 5, 19; Bunb. 165; Dyer, 30b.

A reporter's note. UT CREDO (Lat.) As I believe.

Dyer, 76b.

A reporter's note. UT DE FEODO (Law Lat) As of fee.