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I. I As far as; till; until. Usque ad coelum: as far as the heavens. Usque ad fllum aqua;: as far as the thread of the stream. Usque ad inferos: as far as the center of the earth.
Up to the middle of the stream or road.
For the purposes of this paragraph, the term “USRPI gain” means the excess (if any) of— (i) the sum of— (I) any gain recognized from the disposition of a United States real propert
The correct rule in general is, that the creditor shall calculate interest whenever a payment is made. To this interest the payment is first to be applied; and if it exceed the int
Common, frequent, ordinary, customary, general. 71 111. App. 153; 172 111. 605; 182 111. 541.
discounted prices; Safeway apparently received the same message from state Medicaid agencies.
Congress' fearfulness of the 'nebulous' nature of the proposed regulation indicates that it used the phrase 'usual common law rules' in a generic sense, to mean the standards devel
The usual covenants expressed in a deed are "seisin" or "right to convey," "quiet enjoyment," "further assurance," "warranty," and "against incumbrances." Ii) a lease, the covenant
the prior practice and that that shows a uniform acceptance of the right of the aggrieved employee to select his own representative.
the Planters' Bank, and that the word 'effects' includes promissory notes, and the words 'dispose of' are equivalent to 'transfer.' But the court of Mississippi did not think so.
A phrase in the common-law practice, which meant pleading issuably, rejoining gratis, and taking short' notice of trial. When a defendant obtained further time to plead, these were
Usury, which see.
A bailee who had the bare use of a thing.
I In the civil law. To acquire by use; to make one's own by possession.
/. TJsucaption; the corporeal hereditament acquired tive prescription.
Prescription was instituted that there might bo some end to litigation.
or USUCAPTION. In Civil Law. The manner of acquiring property in things by the lapse of time required by law. It differs from prescription, which has the same sense, and means, in
A term of Roman law used to denote a mode of acquisition of property. It corresponds very nearly to the term "prescription." But the prescription of Roman law differed from that of
In civil law. The manner of acquiring property in things by the lapse of time required by law. It differs from "prescription," which has the same sense, and means, in addition, the
- Usufructdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Anderson (1889)Stimson (1881)Abbott (1879)Bouvier (1839)
In civil law. The right of enjoying a thing the property of which is vested in another, and to draw from the same all the profit, utility, and advantage which it may produce, provi
I. In the civil law. One who had the usufruct of a thing; an usufructuary.
In civil law. One who has the right and enjoyment of a usufruct. Domat, with his usual clearness, points out the duties of the usufructuary, which are to make an inventory of the t
The right to use and enjoy the profits of another’s property without impairing its substance. See 79 Cal. 6, 21 Pac. 377.
rights to use the water for the generation of power, as distinguished from claims to the legal ownership of the running water itself. They are rights to use the force of the fall o
In the French law, the same as the usufruct of the English and Roman law. USURA (Lat. from usus, use). In the civil law. Money given for the use of money; interest. Dig. 50. 16. 12
or USUCAPTIO. A term of Roman law used to denote a mode of acquisition of property; it corresponds very nearly to the term prescription. But the prescription of Roman law differed
Usury, which see. Interest.
Sed secundario spirare de aliqua retributione, ad voluntatem ejus qui mutuatus est, hoe non est vitiosum. Usury is a certain benefit which is received for the use of a thing lent.
Unconcealed usury.
Maritime interest, which see.
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 stipulat
To pay interest.
In Old English law. A usurer. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 52, § 14.
Veiled or concealed usury, as by adding interest to principal.
Pertaining to usury; partaking of the nature of usury; involving usury; tainted with usury; as, a usurious contract
the legal consequences of such an agreement must be decided by the law of the place where the contract was made. If void there, it is void everywhere.
when the debtor actually makes a payment, as interest, and the bank knowingly receives and appropriates it as such, the usurious transaction is complete, the right of the one and t
I. In the civil law. To interrupt a use, or usucapion.
Lat In the civll law. The interruption of a usucaption, by some act on the part of the real owner. Calvin.
- Usurpationdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Abbott (1879)Bouvier (1839)
The unlawful assumption of the use of property which belongs to another; an interruption or the disturbing a man in his right and possession. Tomlins. According to Lord Coke, there
government, is the tyrannical assumption of the government by force, contrary to and in violation of the constitution of the country.
An Injury which consists in the absolute ouster or dispossession of the patron from the advowson or right of presentation, and which happens when a stranger who has usurper; On© wh
The unjustly intruding upon or exercising any office, franchise, or liberty belonging to another.
when a court has no judicial power to do what it purports to do—when its action is not mere error but usurpation of power—the situation falls precisely within the allowable use of
An invasion of the kingdom by foreign enemies to give laws and usurp the government, or an internal armed force in rebellion, assuming the power of government, by making laws, and
One who assumes, the right of government by force, contrary to and in violation of the constitution of the cou Dtry. Toul. Droit. Civ, n. 32. One who intrudes himself into an offic
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It is essential to the nature of usury in Indiana, that a certain gain exceeding the legal rate of interest should accrue to the lender as a consideration for the loan. Where there
There are two cardinal rules in the doctrine of usury, which we think must be regarded as the common-place to which all reasoning and adjudication upon the subject should be referr
in construing the usury laws, the uniform construction in England has been, (and it is equally applicable here) that to constitute usury within the prohibitions of the law, there m
if the ten per cent. charged as exchange, or any part of it, was intended as a cover for usurious interest, the form in which it was done, and the name under which it was taken, wi
Use; a use.
Uses for warfare.
A use is a fiduciary ownership. Bac. Uses. USUS ET STATUS SIVE POSSESSIO potius differunt secundum rationem fori, quam secundum rationem rei. Use and estate, or possession, differ
- Usus et status sive possessio potius differunt secnndnm rationem fori, quam secnndum rationem reidefined inBlack's (1910)
Bac. St Usee, Use and estate or possession, differ more in the rule of the court than in the rnie of the matter.
The practice of the court.
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 part
In order that; that; as; so.
As in ancient times.
Octave, which see.
As I have heard.
As I believe.
As it is wont to flow.
As of fee.
Lat. A letter. The letter of a law, as distinguished from Its spirit. See Letter. —Litera Pisana. The Pisan letter. A term applied to the old character in which the copy or the Pan
hereditas, I. In old English law. An inheritance; an estate by descent or succession; inheritance; hereditary succession. Hsereditas ab intestato: succession from an intestate. Hse
Born of the same mother. A uterine brother or sister is one bom of the same mother, but by a different father.
One born of the same mother.
Z. In old English law. Uterine; bom of the same mother.
Pregnancy. UTERQUE (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 their opini
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 their opinions that this word do
UTFANGTHEF. The right of a lord to punish a thief dwelling out of his liberty, and committing theft without the same, if taken within the jurisdiction of the manor. Cowell. The rig
Literally, an out-taken thief. The privilege of the lord of a manor to punish a thief dwelling outside his liberty for crimes committed therein, UTI (Lat.) In the civil law. To use
In Saxon and old English law. The privilege of a lord of a manor to judge and punish a thief dwelling out of his liberty, and committing theft without the same, lf he were caught w
Same as Outfangthef.
I. In old English lam. Hue; a form of hutesium.
Lat As guests. 1 Salk. 25, pi. 10.
As.
I As. Uti possidetis: as you possess, i. e. each keeping what you respectively have; a term expressive of the principle of a treaty which leaves belligerents in possession of what
Lat In the civil law. To have the full use and enjoyment of a thing, without damage to its substance. Calvin.
That which is useful is not vitiated by that which is useless. See 32 W. Va. 348, 3 L. R. A. 705, 9 S. E. 245.
Span. In Spanish law. The profit of a thing. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit 2, c. L
Useful; advantageous.
The basic quid pro quo contemplated by the Constitution and the Congress for granting a patent monopoly is the benefit derived by the public from an invention with substantial util
Utility facility.—The term "utility facility" means any privately, publicly, or cooperatively owned line, facility, or system for producing, transmitting, or distributing
The term "utility inverter" means an inverter which— (i) is suitable for commercial or utility-scale systems, (ii) has a rated output of not less than 600 volt three-phas
The term “utility regulatory authority” means any State agency or Federal agency that has ratemaking authority with respect to the sale of electric energy by any electric utility o
The term “utility regulatory commission” means any State agency or Federal agency which has authority to fix, modify, approve, or disapprove rates for the sale of electric energy b
Utility relocation activity.—The term "utility relocation activity" means an activity necessary for the relocation of a utility facility, including preliminary and final
The term “utility services” includes— (i) the providing of electrical energy, water, or sewage disposal, (ii) the furnishing of gas or steam through a local distribution system, (i
The term “utility service vehicle” has the meaning that term has under section 345(e)(6) 1 of the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 ( 49 U.S.C. 31136 note; 109 Stat 2
In this section, the term “utility system” means any of the following: (A) A system for the generation and supply of electric power. (B) A system for the treatment or supply of wat
The term “utility unit” means— (i) a unit that serves a generator in any State that produces electricity for sale, or (ii) a unit that, during 1985, served a generator in any State
The term “utilization facility” means (1) any equipment or device, except an atomic weapon, determined by rule of the Commission to be capable of making use of special nuclear mate
Lat. as you possess. In international law. A phrase used to signify that the parties to a treaty are to retain possession of what they have acquired by force during the war. UTI RO
Lat. in Roman law. The form of words by which a vote in favor of a proposed law was orally expressed. Uti rogas, volo vel jubeo, as you ask, I will or order; I vote as you propose;
He enjoys the right of his assignor.
1 1. In old English law. to put out of the protection of the
An outlaw.
Capnt gerit lupinum. 7 Coke, 14. An outlaw is, as It were, put out of the protection of the law. He bears the head of a wolf.
- Utlagatns pro contumacia et fuga, non propter hoe convictus est de facto principalidefined inBlack's (1910)
Fleta. One who is outlawed for contumacy and flight is not on that account convicted of the principal fact.