Lat. In international law. Warlike uses or objects. It is the usus hellici which determine an article to be contraband. 1 Kent, Comm. 141. Usus est dominium fidnoiarinm. Bac.St Uses. Use is a fiduciary dominion. Usus et status sive possessio potins diffemnt secundum rationem fori, quam secundum rationem rei. Bac. St. Uses. Use and estate, or possession, differ more in the rule of the court than in the rule of the matter.