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   U.S. government
         n 1: the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the
               federal government of the United States [syn: {United
               States government}, {United States}, {U.S. government}, {US
               Government}, {U.S.}]

English Dictionary: US Government Printing Office by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
US Border Patrol
n
  1. the mobile law enforcement arm of the Immigration and Naturalization Service that detects and prevents illegal entry of aliens into the United States
    Synonym(s): United States Border Patrol, US Border Patrol
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
US Government
n
  1. the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States
    Synonym(s): United States government, United States, U.S. government, US Government, U.S.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
US Government Printing Office
n
  1. an agency of the legislative branch that provides printing and binding services for Congress and the departments and establishments of the federal government
    Synonym(s): United States Government Printing Office, US Government Printing Office, Government Printing Office, GPO
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
usufruct
n
  1. a legal right to use and derive profit from property belonging to someone else provided that the property itself is not injured in any way
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
usufructuary
adj
  1. of or relating to the nature of a usufruct
n
  1. someone who holds property by usufruct
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Usufruct \U"su*fruct\ (?; 277), n. [L. usufructus, ususfructus,
      usus et fructus; usus use + fructus fruit.] (Law)
      The right of using and enjoying the profits of an estate or
      other thing belonging to another, without impairing the
      substance. --Burrill.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Usufructuary \U`su*fruc"tu*a*ry\, n. [L. usufructuarius.] (Law)
      A person who has the use of property and reaps the profits of
      it. --Wharton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Usufructuary \U`su*fruc"tu*a*ry\, a. (Law)
      Of or pertaining to a usufruct; having the nature of a
      usufruct.
  
               The ordinary graces bequeathed by Christ to his church,
               as the usufructuary property of all its members.
                                                                              --Coleridge.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Uxbridge, MA
      Zip code(s): 01569
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