URNA, an urn, a Roman measure of capacity for fluids, equal to half an [Amphora]. This use of the term was probably founded upon its more general application to denote a vessel for holding water, or any other substance, either fluid or solid. An urn was used to receive the names of the judges (judices) in order that the praetor might draw out of it a sufficient number to determine causes: also to receive the ashes of the dead.
USTRĪNA, USTRĪNUM. [[Bustum].]
ŪSŪCĂPĬO, the possession of property for a certain time without interruption. The Twelve Tables declared that the ownership of land, a house, or other immoveable property, could be acquired by usucapio in two years; and of moveable property by usucapio in one year.
ŪSŪRAE. [[Fenus].]
ŪSUS. [[Matrimonium].]
ŪSUSFRUCTUS was the right to the enjoyment of a thing by one person, while the ownership belonged to another. He who had the ususfructus was Ususfructuarius or Fructuarius, and the object of the ususfructus was Res Fructuaria.
UTRĬCŬLĀRĬUS. [[Tibia].]
UXOR. [[Matrimonium].]
UXŌRĬUM. [[Aes Uxorium].]