Uti

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 they have acquired.

In the civil law. Uti possidetis: as you possess; a species of interdict, for the purpose of retaining possession of a thing, granted to one in possession of an immovable thing at the time of contesting suit, that he might be declared the legal possessor.

In the Roman law. Uti rogas: as you ask; the words by which a vote in favor of a proposed law was orally expressed; — volo vel jnbeo: as you ask, I will or order; I vote as you propose; I am for the law. Utile per inutile non vltiatur, I The useful is not vitiated by the useless, — surplusage, i. e. does not vitiate what is otherwise good. The maxim is derived from the civil law. available. trtitnr jure aactoris, I. He enjoys jure suo: lie exercises his own