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lers patent from the 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 by the king in person or by commission, to ex ecute orders for the commitment of persons guilty of breach of privilege, and also to as sist in the Introduction of peers when they take the oaths and their seats. Brown. that which arises from certain things which men say and do and practice uninterruptedly for a great length of time, without any hin drance whatever. Las Partidas, pt. 1, tit. 2, L 1. Lat. Up to; until. This is a word of exclusion, and a release of all de mands usque ad a certain day does not cover a bond made on that day. 2 Mod. 28. USQUE AD FILUM AQUiE, OR VI.ZE. Up to the middle of the stream or road. 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, 31 Am. Rep. 273; Tescher v Merea, 118 Ind. 586, 21 N. EL 316; Trust Co. v. Norris, 61 Minn. 256, 63 N. W. 634. —Usual covenants. See COVENANT.— Usual terms. A phrase in the common-law practice, which meant pleading issuably, rejoining gratis, and taking short notice of trial. When a de fendant obtained further time to plead, these were the terms usually imposed. Wharton. 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. A term of Roman law used to denote a mode of ac quisition 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 posses sion knowingly of the property of another) could, by however long a period, acquire ti tle by possession merely. The two essential requisites to usucapio were justa causa (i. e., title) and bona fides, (i. e., ignorance.) The term "usucapio" is sometimes, but erroneous ly, written "usucaptio." Brown. See Pavey v. Vance, 56 Ohio St 162, 46 N. E. 898. USO. In Spanish law. Usage; USQUE. USUAL. USUARIUS. USUCAPIO, OP USUCAPTIO. Usncapio constituta est ut aliquia litium finis esset. Prescription was insti tuted that there might be some end to litiga tion. Dig. 41, 10, 5; Broom, Max. 894, note. The right of enjoying a thing, the property of USUFRUCT. In the civil law.

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 see Mulford v. Le Franc, 26 Cal. 102; Cartwright v. Cart wright, 18 Tex. 628; Strausse v. Sheriff, 43 La. Ann. 501, 9 South. 102. —Imperfect usufruct. An imperfect or quasi usufruct is that which is of things which would be useless to the usufructuary if he did not con sume or expend them -or change the substance of them; as, money, grain, liquors. Civ. Code La. 1900, art. 534.— Perfect usufruct. An usufruct in those things which the usufructuary can enjoy without changing their substance, though their substance may be diminished or deteriorate naturally by time or by the use to which they are applied, as, a house, a piece of land, furniture, and other movable effects. Civ. Code La. 1900, art. 534.— Quasi usufruct. In the civil law. Originally the usufruct gave no right to the substance of the thing, and conse quently none to its consumption; hence only an inconsumable thing could be the object of it, whether movable or immovable. But in later times the right of usufruct was, by analogy, ex tended to consumable things, and therewith arose the distinction between true and quasi usu fructs. See Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 307; Civ. Code La. 1900, art. 534. In the civil law. One who has the usufruct or right of enjoy ing anything in which he has no property, Cartwright v. Cartwright, 18 Tex. 628. USUFRUCTUARY. USURA. Lat. In the civil law. Mon ey given for the use of money; interest. Commonly used in the plural, "usurce," Dig. 22, 1. — Usura manifesta. Manifest or open usu ry ; as distinguished from usura velata, veil ed or concealed usury, which consists in giv ing a bond for the loan, in the amount of which is included the stipulated interest.—• Usura maritima. Interest taken on bottom ry or respondentia bonds, which is proportion ed to the risk, and is not affected by the usury laws. Usura est comntodum certum quod propter usum rei nratuatse recipitur. Sed secundario spirare de aliqua retri butione, ad voluntatem ejus qui xautua tus est, hoc non est vitiosum. Usury Is a certain benefit which is received for the use of a thing lent But to have an understand ing [literally, to breathe or whisper,] in an incidental way, about some compensation to be made at the pleasure of the borrower, is not lawful. Branch, Princ.; 5 Coke, 706/ Glan. lib. 7, c. 16. USUFRUIT. In French law. The same of the English and Roman as the usufruct law.

USURARIUS.

In old English law. A

usurer. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 52, § 14.

USURIOUS. Pertaining to usury; par taking of the nature of usury; involving usury; tainted with usury; as, a usurious contract.