ABUS

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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  ABUSE. Every thing which is contrary to good order established by usage.
  Merl. Rep. h.t. Among the civilians, abuse has another signification; which
  is the destruction of the substance of a thing in using it.  For example,
  the borrower of wine or grain, abuses the article lent by using it, because
  he cannot enjoy it without consuming it. Leg ; El. Dr. Rom. Sec. 414. 416.