usus

American  

[yoo-suhs] / ˈju səs /

noun

• ususes
  plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• ususes
  plural

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Example Sentences

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usus

To say that they did not know the primary meaning and usus loquendi of the original words, is paying them a compliment we wish not to participate in!

From Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy in the Light of Reason, History, and Scripture; In which Certain Demagogues in Tennessee, and Elsewhere, are Shown Up in Their True Colors by William Gannaway Brownlow

It has arisen from an inappropriate reference to the Latin, which has, however, no support in the Hebrew usus loquendi.

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg

This idea was cleverly applied to marriage by usus.

From The Truth About Woman by C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine) Hartley

Knobel's explanation: "His soul gives itself," is not countenanced by the usus loquendi; שים is not a reflective verb.

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

As regards the first derivation, even if the Arabic usus loquendi were proved, we could not from it make any certain inference as regards the Hebrew usus loquendi.

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

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