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Usura Definition
(Lat. from usus, use). In the civil law. Money given for the use of money; interest. Dig. 50. 16. 121. Commonly used in the plural, usurae. Dig. 22. 1. Usura centesima, usurae centesimae or usurae asses, twelve per cent, per annum, or one per cent, monthly. The highest rate of interest allowed before the time of Justinian. 2 Bl. Comm. 462, and note (m); Halifax, Anal. bk. 2, c. 15, No. 6; Calv. Lex. Uaurae deunaes, eleven per cent. 2 Bl. Comm. ubi supra. Uaurae dextances, ten per cent. Id. Ueurae dodrantes, nine per cent. Id. Uaurae besses, eight per cent. Id. Usurae aeptunces, seven per cent. Id. Uaurae aemisses, six per cent. Id. Uaurae guincunees, five per cent. Id. Uaurae guadrantes, four per cent. This was the rate established by Justinian. Id. Uaurae trientea, three per cent. Id. Uaurae aextancea, two per cent. Id. Uaurae unciae, one per cent. Id.
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(Lat. from usus, use). In the civil law. Money given for the use of money; interest. Dig. 50. 16. 121. Commonly used in the plural, usurae. Dig. 22. 1. Usura centesima, usurae centesimae or usurae asses, twelve per cent, per annum, or one per cent, monthly. The highest rate of interest allowed before the time of Justinian. 2 Bl. Comm. 462, and note (m); Halifax, Anal. bk. 2, c. 15, No. 6; Calv. Lex. Uaurae deunaes, eleven per cent. 2 Bl. Comm. ubi supra. Uaurae dextances, ten per cent. Id. Ueurae dodrantes, nine per cent. Id. Uaurae besses, eight per cent. Id. Usurae aeptunces, seven per cent. Id. Uaurae aemisses, six per cent. Id. Uaurae guincunees, five per cent. Id. Uaurae guadrantes, four per cent. This was the rate established by Justinian. Id. Uaurae trientea, three per cent. Id. Uaurae aextancea, two per cent. Id. Uaurae unciae, one per cent. Id.
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