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

Example Sentences

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usus

The prophets use it almost exclusively with a reference to the Messianic times,—an usus loquendi which originated in Deut. iv.

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

Opus, need, and usus, need, require an ablative case, as 76 Didoni marito opus erat; Dido had need of a husband.

From The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue by John Leech

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

But with respect to this Arabic usus loquendi, it is far from being proved and established.

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

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