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Usury

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Chievance

Chievance, usury.

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Schetes

Schetes, usury.

Expectant heir

At Common Law all such loans are good, and the interest upon them, however high, recoverable. By the Usury Acts, indeed-which, however, did not apply to loans to expectant heirs with any greater rigour than to loans

usurious

usurious 1 : practicing usury 2 : involving usury [ interest] usu·ri·ous·ly adv usu·ri·ous·ness n

Defeneration

Defeneration [fr. de, of, and f'nero, Lat., to lend upon usury], the act of lending money on usury.

F'neration

F'neration, the act of putting out money to usury.

Usura maritima

on bottomry or respondentia bonds, which is proportioned to the risk, and was not affected by the abolished usury laws, 19 Geo. 3, c. 37; 2 Steph. Com.

Mohatra

Mohatra, a fradulent contract to screen usury.

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