usudurian (uzudurian)

[Prob. irreg. ma of any size or thickne is thus readily built up. IMG:content-1650.png:[blocks in formation] 6676 and orig., two words, us us fructus, us us et fruc tus, the use and enjoyment: us us, use; fructus, enjoyment, fruit: see usel and fruit.] In law, the right of enjoying all the advantages derivable from the use of something which belongs to another so far as is compatible with the substance of the thing not being destroyed or injured. Quasi- usufruct was admitted in the civil law in the case of certain perishable things. In these cases an equivalent in kind and quantity was admitted to represent the things destroyed or injured by use. ( Amos.) Usufruct is often used as implying that the right is held for life, as distinguished from more limited and from permanent rights. In the rich man's houses and pictures, his parks and gardens, I have a temporary usufruct at least. Lamb , Bachelor's Complaint. usufruct (ū'zū-frukt), v . t. [ The cautio usufructuaria that property usufructed should revert unimpaired to the owner on the expiry of the usufructuary's life interest. Encyc. Brit ., ΧΧ. 709. usufructuary (ū-zu-fruktū-ā-ri), a . and n. [= F. usufruitier = Sp. Pg. usufructuario = It. usu fruttuario , usufructuarius , one who has the use and profit of, but not the title to (a thing), ususfructus , use and enjoyment: see usufruct .] I. a . Of or relating to usufruct; of the nature of a usufruct. Cole ridge. II. n.; pl. usufructuaries (-riz). A person who has the usufruct or use and enjoyment of property for a time without having the title. Ayliffe , Parergon. I have been ever your man, and counted myself but an usufructuary of myself, the property being yours. Bacon, Letter, March 25, 1621. us urari oust (ū-zū-rāʻri-us), a. [ usuraryt (uzu-rā-ri), a. [= F. usuraire = Pr. usurari = Sp. Pg. It. usurario, usuret (ūzūr), n. [ 1.9. fulle thefe that tellyth ys entent? Political Poems , etc. (ed. Furnivall), p. 32. usuret (ū'zūr), v. i. [ I turn no monies in the public bank, Nor usure private. B. Jonson, Volpone, i. 1. usurer (ūzū-rér), n. [ usurier = Sp. usurero = Pg. usureiro = It. usuriere, us urari us , a usurer, us urari us , pertaining to use or interest, usura , use, interest: see usure, usury.] 11. One who lent money and took interest for it. The seconde buffet be-tokeneth the riche vserer that deliteth in his riche e and goth s[c]ornynge his pore nyghebours that be nedy whan the i come to hym ought for to borough. Merlin (E. È. T. S.), iii. 434. Henry, duke of Guise,... was the greatest usurer in France, because he had turned all his estate into obliga Bacon , Advancement of Learning, i. 87. tions. 2. One who lends money at an exorbitant rate of interest; a money-lender who exacts exce ive or inordinate interest. See usury. usuring (ūzū-ring), a. [ I do not love the usuring Jew so well. Fletcher and Shirley , Night-Walker, iv. 6.