Law Dictionary

A tax upon the privilege of use or storage when the chattel used or stored has ceased to be in transit is now an impost so common that its validity has been withdrawn from the aren

was developed as a device to complement (such a tax) in order to prevent evasion * * * by the completion of purchases in a non-taxing state and shipment by interstate commerce into

This word is said to be derived from huissier, and is the name of an inferior ofl Bcer in some English courts of law. Archb. Prae. 25.

The gentleman usher of the black rod is an officer of the house of lords appointed by letters patent from the crown. His duties are, by himself or deputy, to desire the attendance

The term “USIA” means the United States Information Agency.

The term "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel" means Homeland Security Investigations Directorate personnel and other appropriate employees of U.S. Immigra

The term “U.S. liabilities” means the liabilities of the foreign corporation treated as connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States under regulations pre

In this subparagraph, the terms “USMCA” and “USMCA country” have the meanings given those terms in section 4502 of this title. / The terms “USMCA” and “USMCA country” have the mean

The term “USMCA certification of origin” means the certification established under article 5.2.1 of the USMCA that a good qualifies as an originating good under the USMCA.

In this subparagraph, the terms “USMCA” and “USMCA country” have the meanings given those terms in section 4502 of this title. / the term “USMCA country” has the meaning given that

I. In old English law. Usual, ordinary. Usnalis annus: the ordinary year of three hundred and sixty-five days.

I, In the civil law. One who had the mere use of a thing of another, for the, supplying of his daily wants; an usuary.

I In the civil law. The acquisition of property 6y continued possession for a time defined bylaw, — a kind of prescription founded

The term "U.S. net equity" means— (A) U.S. assets, reduced (including below zero) by (B) U.S. liabilities. (2) U.S. assets and U.S. liabilities For purposes of paragraph

The term “U.S. nonbank financial company” means a company (other than a bank holding company, a Farm Credit System institution chartered and subject to the provisions of the Farm C

I. In the civil law. The right of using and enjoying the profits of things belonging to another, without impairing the substance of the thiiigs themselves. Ut, t As; that; in order

The term “U.S. nuclear energy company” means a company that— (A) is organized under the laws of, or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of, the United States; and (B) is involved

In Spanish law. Usage; that which arises from certain things which men say and do and practice uninterruptedly for a great length of time, without any hindrance whatever. Las Parti

The term “U.S.-Palau Compact” means the Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Government of Palau set forth in section 201 of Public Law 99–658 ( 48 U.S.C.

The section refers to state bankrupt laws; and perhaps to a bankrupt law of the United States, when one should pass; but could have no reference whatever to the bankrupt laws of En

Until.

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

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.

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

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

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.