Economics. Machine or capital assets reduced value by using it.
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USER DE ACTION
L. Fr. In old practice. The pursuing or bringing an action. Cowell.
USER EXPERIENCE
Outcome of a user interacting with the product and factors making up the perception of the product and its operation.
USER FEE
Fee for using a product or service.
USER FRIENDLY
Any equipment or application that is designed to be easily understood and easy to use.
USER ID
User Identification Device. Unique name given to the user of a database etc.
USER INTERFACE
Visual portion of the computer application that the user uses to interact with software. See interface.
USHER
This word Is said to be derived from “huissier,” and is the name of a subor- dinate officer in some English courts of law. Archb. Pr. 25. USHER OF THE […]
USING MAIL TO DEFRAUD
a conscious use of the US Postal Service to send out fraudulent material to try to gain from it.
USO
In Spanish law. Usage; that which arises from certain things which men say and do and practice uninterruptedly for a great length of time, without any hindrance whatever. Las Partidas […]
USQUE
Lat. Up to; until. This is a word of exclusion, and a release of all demands usque ad a certain day does not cover a bond made on that day. […]
USQUE AD FELUM AQBffi, OK VI2E
Up to the middle of the stream or road.
USUAL
Habitual; ordinary; customary ; according to usage or custom; commonly es- tablished, observed, or practised. See Chicago & A. R. Co. v. Hause. 71 111. App. 147; Kellogg v. Curtis. […]
USUAL COURSE OF BUSINESS
the regular and normal course of operations of a business in conducting the customs of the trade.
USUAL, CUSTOMARY AND REASONABLE FEES (UCR FEES)
Base amount for a medical service in a geographic area.
USUARIUS
Lat In the civil law . One who had the mere use of a thing belonging to another for the purpose of supplying his daily wants; a usuary. Dig. 7, […]
USUCAPIO, or USUCAPTIO
A term of Roman law used to denote a mode of ac- quisition of property. It corresponds very nearly to the term ” prescription .” But the prescription of Roman […]
USUFRUCT
In the civil law . The right of enjoying a thing, the property of which is vested In another, and to draw from the same all the profit, utility, and […]
USUFRUCTUARY
In the civil law . One who has the usufruct or right of enjoying anything in which he has no property, Cartwright v. Cartwright, 18 Tex. 628.
USUFRUIT
In French law . The same as the usufruct of the English and Roman law.
USURA
Lat. In the civil law . Money given for the use of money; interest. Commonly used in the plural, “usurce” Dig. 22, 1.
USURARIUS
In old English law . A usurer. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 52,
USURIOUS
Pertaining to usury; partaking of the nature of usury; Involving usury; tainted with usury; as, a usurious contract USURPATIO 1192 UTERQUE
USURIOUS CONTRACT
a contract where the interest is higher than the law allows.
USURIW CENTESIMAL
Twelve per cent, per annum ; that is, a hundredth part of the principal was due each month,