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Use and Habitation(USO E ABITAZIONE)Vol. XII, p. 584 USUS and HABITATION. — Usus is a limited form of usufruct (v.), and the right of habitation is a particular form of usus whose object is a house. Usus differs…
Useful(UTILE)Vol. XII, p. 590 UTILITY. — U., according to its very etymology, indicates that instrumental good which a subject perceives as a means of satisfying his needs or interests, or…
Usener, HermannVol. XII, p. 583 USENER, HERMANN. – Protestant, classical philologist and historian of religions, b. at Weilburg on 23 October 1834, d. at Bonn on 21 October 1905. He taught at…
Uses(USI)Vol. XII, p. 583 USI. — It is the traditional opinion (though not without opposition) that usages (u.), understood in the generic sense as equivalent to customs, are sources of…
Uspenskij, TeddoroVol. XII, p. 585 USPENSKIJ, TEDDORO. — Born in Nižnij-Novgorod on 7 February 1845, died probably in Leningrad on 1 September 1928, one of the most authoritative Russian…
Usucapion(USUCAPIONE)Vol. XII, p. 585 USUCAPIONE: v. PRESCRIZIONE.
Usufruct(USUFRUTTO)Vol. XII, p. 585 USUFRUTTO. – It is the right to enjoy a thing belonging to another and its fruits, with the obligation to bear the expenses and undertake the care required for…
Usurpation of Ecclesiastical Goods(USURPAZIONE DEI BENI ECCLESIASTICI)Vol. XII, p. 589 USURPATION OF ECCLESIASTICAL PROPERTY. — This is the stripping or unlawful appropriation of ecclesiastical property by private individuals or also (as often…
Usury(USURA)Vol. XII, p. 587 USURY. — The term has two meanings, one absolute, the other relating to interest. In the first case, u. is the profit received from a loan as though it were…
Usward(USUARDO)Vol. XII, p. 585 USUARDO. — Benedictine of St-Germain-des-Près (Paris), author of a martyrology, died around 875–77, on 13 January. Nothing is known of his origins. He was a…
