I.to acquire ownership of a thing by long use, to acquire by prescription or usucaption: “quoniam hereditas usu capta esset,” Cic. Att. 1, 5, 6: “scio jam biennium transisse, omniaque me usucepisse,” Plin. Ep. 5, 1, 10: “nullam penes se culpam esse, quod Hannibal jam velut usu cepisset Italiam,” Liv. 22, 44, 6: “subsiciva, ut usu capta, concessit,” Suet. Dom. 9 fin.: “filius pro donato non capiet usu,” Dig. 41, 7, 1: “propius est, ut usu eas capere non possis,” ib. 41, 3, 29.
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ūsū-căpĭo (in recent edd. usually separate, ūsū căpĭo ), cēpi, captum, 3, v. a. id.; jurid. t. t.,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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