USURY

contracts. The illegal profit which is required and received by the lender of a sum of money from the borrower for its use. In a more extended and improper sense, it is the receipt of any profit whatever for the use of money: it is only in the first of these senses that usury will be here considered. 2. To constitute a usurious contract the following are the requisites: 1. A … [Read more...] about USURY

government. One who assumes the right of government by force, contrary to and in violation of the constitution of the country. … [Read more...] about USURPER

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. … [Read more...] about USURPED POWER

(A) 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. According to Lord Coke, there are two kinds of usurpation. 1. When a stranger, without right, presents to a church, and his clerk is admitted; and, 2. When a subject uses a franchise of the king without lawful authority. (B) … [Read more...] about USURPATION

Latin: In the civil law; The interruption of a usucaption, by some act on the part of the real owner. Calvin. … [Read more...] about USURPATIO