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use definition - legal

n

  1. The right to enjoy the benefits derived from ownership of property, both real and personal.
  2. A habitual practice, such as drug use.
  3. A purpose or an end served; for example, a screwdriverÂ’s use is tightening or loosening screws.
  4. The purpose for which something is adapted; for example, neighbors complaining of the ownerÂ’s use of the building to give trumpet lessons.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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