Usual Terms
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
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 the terms usually imposed. USUARIUS (Lat.)
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.; Calv. Lex. USUCAPIO CONSTITUTA EST UT ALIlitigation. Dig. 41. 10. 5; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 801, note; Wood, Civ. Law (3d Ed.) 123.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A phrase in the commonlaw practice, which meant pleading issuably, rejoining gratis, and taking short notice of trial. When a defendant obtained further time to plead, these were the terms usually imposed. Wharton.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A phrase in the common-law practice, which meant pleading issuably, rejoining gratis, and taking short notice of trini. When a defendant obtained further time to plead, these were the terms usually imposed. Wharton.
Defined under Usual in Black's Law Dictionary.