usus
Americannoun
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Roman Law. the right to make use of something, without profiting from it.
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Roman Law. a form of marriage, similar to the modern common-law marriage; a form of marriage based on cohabitation.
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But in favour of the explanation: "That which is heard by us," q.d., "that which we hear," there is, in the first instance, the usus loquendi.
From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm
But it's all of no use: I've the usus on my side, and if you go on with your action you're a fool, that's all.
From The Village Notary by E?tv?s, J?zsef
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
To his second wife, Herpyllis, Aristotle was only united by a civil marriage like the Roman usus.
From Five Stages of Greek Religion by Murray, Gilbert
In the custom of usus, which supplanted the earlier and sacred confarreatio, there was no ceremony at all.
From The Truth About Woman by Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine)
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