(lit. 'use') had several meanings in Roman law. For instance, it referred to the actual power over things and over inheritances as a condition of acquisition ( usucapio , on this also Twelve Tables, tabulae duodecim , Tab. 6,3), and the one-year preliminary stage of the legal power of the husband over the wife ( manus ), which, however, was interrupted according to the Twelve Tables (Tab. 6,4) if the wife remained outside the home for a period of three nights (trinoctium;Cic. Flacc. 34,84; Gell. NA 3,2,12 f.; Gai. Inst. 1,111). Usus was also a right of use often founde…
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Schanbacher, Dietmar (Dresden), “Usus”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e1226420>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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