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Usher
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UsherThis word is said to be derived from a huissier, and is the name of an inferior officer in some English courts of law
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Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
Said
Before mentioned.
Huissier
An usher of a court. In France, an officer of this name performs many of the duties which in this country devolve on the sheriff or constable.
Name
One or more words used to distinguish a particular individual, as Socrates, Benjamin Franklin.
Inferior
One who in relation to another has less power and is below him; one who is bound to obey another. He who makes the law is the superior; he who is bound to obey it, the inferior.
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Usage
Long and uniform practice. In its most extensive meaning this term includes custom and prescription, though it differs from them in a narrower sense, it is applied to the habits, modes, and course of dealing which are observed in trade generally, as to all mercantile transactions, or to some particular branches of trade.
Usance
Commercial law. The term usance comes from usage, and signifies the time which by usage or custom is allowed in certain countries, for the payment of a bill of exchange.
Use
1) Estates. A confidence reposed in another, who was made tenant of the land or terre tenant, that he should dispose of the land according to the intention of the cestui que use, or him to whose use it was granted, and suffer him to take the profits. 2) Civil law. A right of receiving so much of the natural profits of a thing as is necessary to daily sustenance; it differs from usufruct, which is a right not only to use but to enjoy.
Use and occupation
When a contract has been made, either by express or implied agreement, for the use of a house or other real estate, where there was no amount of rent fixed and ascertained, the landlord can recover a reasonable rent in an action of assumpsit for use and occupation.
Useful
That which may be put into beneficial practice.
Usher
Usucaption
Civil law. The manner of acquiring property in things by the lapse of time required by law.
Usufruct
Civil law. The right of enjoying a thing, the property of which is vested in another, and to draw from the same all the profit, utility and advantage which it may produce, provided it be without altering the substance of the thing.
Usufructuary
Civil law. One who has the right and enjoyment of an usufruct.
Usurpation
"1) Torts. The unlawful assumption of the use of property which belongs to another; an interruption or the disturbing a man in his right and possession. 2) Government. The tyrannical assumption of the government by force contrary to and in violation of the constitution of the country.
Usurped power
Insurance. By an article of the printed proposals which are considered as making a part of the contract of insurance it is provided, that "No loss of damage by fire, happening by any invasion, foreign enemy, or any military or usurped power whatsoever will be made good by this company." Lord Chief J. Wilmot, Mr. Justice Clive, and Mr. Justice Bathurst, against the opinion of Mr. Justice Gould, determined that the true import of the words usurped power in the proviso, was an invasion, from abroad, or an internal rebellion, where armies are drawn up against each other, when the laws are silent, and when the firing of towns becomes unavoidable; but that those words could not mean the power of a common mob.
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Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
Said
Before mentioned.
Huissier
An usher of a court. In France, an officer of this name performs many of the duties which in this country devolve on the sheriff or constable.
Name
One or more words used to distinguish a particular individual, as Socrates, Benjamin Franklin.
Inferior
One who in relation to another has less power and is below him; one who is bound to obey another. He who makes the law is the superior; he who is bound to obey it, the inferior.
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PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Usage
Long and uniform practice. In its most extensive meaning this term includes custom and prescription, though it differs from them in a narrower sense, it is applied to the habits, modes, and course of dealing which are observed in trade generally, as to all mercantile transactions, or to some particular branches of trade.
Usance
Commercial law. The term usance comes from usage, and signifies the time which by usage or custom is allowed in certain countries, for the payment of a bill of exchange.
Use
1) Estates. A confidence reposed in another, who was made tenant of the land or terre tenant, that he should dispose of the land according to the intention of the cestui que use, or him to whose use it was granted, and suffer him to take the profits. 2) Civil law. A right of receiving so much of the natural profits of a thing as is necessary to daily sustenance; it differs from usufruct, which is a right not only to use but to enjoy.
Use and occupation
When a contract has been made, either by express or implied agreement, for the use of a house or other real estate, where there was no amount of rent fixed and ascertained, the landlord can recover a reasonable rent in an action of assumpsit for use and occupation.
Useful
That which may be put into beneficial practice.
Usher
Usucaption
Civil law. The manner of acquiring property in things by the lapse of time required by law.
Usufruct
Civil law. The right of enjoying a thing, the property of which is vested in another, and to draw from the same all the profit, utility and advantage which it may produce, provided it be without altering the substance of the thing.
Usufructuary
Civil law. One who has the right and enjoyment of an usufruct.
Usurpation
"1) Torts. The unlawful assumption of the use of property which belongs to another; an interruption or the disturbing a man in his right and possession. 2) Government. The tyrannical assumption of the government by force contrary to and in violation of the constitution of the country.
Usurped power
Insurance. By an article of the printed proposals which are considered as making a part of the contract of insurance it is provided, that "No loss of damage by fire, happening by any invasion, foreign enemy, or any military or usurped power whatsoever will be made good by this company." Lord Chief J. Wilmot, Mr. Justice Clive, and Mr. Justice Bathurst, against the opinion of Mr. Justice Gould, determined that the true import of the words usurped power in the proviso, was an invasion, from abroad, or an internal rebellion, where armies are drawn up against each other, when the laws are silent, and when the firing of towns becomes unavoidable; but that those words could not mean the power of a common mob.
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