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  • USHER
    This word is said to be derived from "huissier," and is the name of a subordinate ofllcer in some English courts of law. Archb. Pr. 25.
  • USHER OF THE BLACK ROD
    The gentleman usher of the black rod is an of¬ficer of the house of lords appointed by lletters patent from tbe crown. His duties are, by himself or deputy, to desire the attendance of the commons in the house of peers when the royal assent is given to bills, either More...
  • USO
    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 Partidas, pt. 1, tit 2, 1. 1.
  • USQUE
    Lat Up to; until. This is a word of exclusion, and a release of all demands usque ad a certain day does not cover a bond made on that day. 2 Mod. 28.
  • USQUE AD FILUM AQUAE, OR VIAE
    Up to the middle of the stream or road.
  • USUAL
    Habitual; ordinary; customary; according to usage or custom; commonly es-tablished, observed, or practised. See Chi-cago & A. R. Co. v. Hause, 71 111. App. 147; Kellogg v. Curtis, 69 Me. 214, 81 Am. Rep. 273 ; Teacher v Merea, 118 Ind. 686, 21 N. E. 316; Trust Co. v. Norrls, More...
  • 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.; Calvin.
  • USUCAPIO, 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 from that of the English law, in this: that no mala fide possessor (i. e., person in possession knowingly of the More...
  • USUFRUCT
    In the 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 advan¬tage which it may produce, provided it be without altering the substance of the thing. Civ. Code La. art 533. And More...
  • USUFRUCTUARY
    In the civil law. One who has the usufruct or right of enjoying anything in which he has no property, Cartwright v. Cartwright, 18 Tex. 62a
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