USE

Use

Use, as a term in real property law of common law countries, amounts to a recognition of the duty of a person, to whom property has been conveyed for certain purposes, to carry out those purposes.

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use

Noun

  1. The act of using.
  2. Usefulness, benefit.
  3. A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
  4. Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
    I have no further use for these textbooks.
  5. Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
  6. Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
  7. Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
  8. The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.
    the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.
  9. A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.

Verb

  1. To accustom; to habituate.
  2. To employ; to apply; to utilize.
  3. To exhaust the supply of; to consume by employing
  4. To exploit.
  5. To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
  6. To habitually do; to be wont to do.
  7. To habitually do. See used to.


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