Usque Ad

Concept of “Usque Ad”

Traditional meaning of usque ad in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) As far as. Usque ad medium filum aquae, coelum, inferos: as far as the middle thread of the stream, the heavens, the centre of the earth.

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Notes and References

1. Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Usque Ad”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.

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