usus

American  

[yoo-suhs] / ˈyu səs /

noun

plural

ususes

1. Roman Law. the right to make use of something, without profiting from it.

2. Roman Law. a form of marriage, similar to the modern common-law marriage; a form of marriage based on cohabitation.

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Example Sentences

And it has farther been rightly remarked by Ewald, that that usus loquendi in Arabic always belongs to the artificial, often to jocular discourse.

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm

This usus loquendi, according to the supposition formerly very current, occurs in Hebrew very frequently, especially in proper names, e.g., טוב אבי.

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm

Potestne continuari usus illarum Ecclesiarum quae pro colore tam albo, quam rubro, viridi et violaceo utuntur paramentis flavi coloris vel mixtis diversis coloribus, praesertim si colores a rubrica praescripti in floribus reperiantur?

From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, March 1865 by Various

"Multa renascentur, quæ jam cecidere, cadentque Quæ nunc sunt in honore vocabula, si volet usus, Quem penes arbitrium est, et jus et norma loquendi."

From On the Nature of Thought or, The act of thinking and its connexion with a perspicuous sentence by Haslam, John

Exigua cum frenaret materia impetum, usus poetae more est et licentia atque interposuit gemina Ledae pignera, auctoritatem similis referens gloriae.

From Readings from Latin Verse With Notes by Bushnell, Curtis C.