usura maritima
usura maritima (yoo-s[y]oor-[schwa] [or yoo-z[y]oor-[schwa]] m[schwa]-rit-[schwa]-m[schwa]). [Latin] Interest taken on a bottomry or respondentia bond, proportioned to the risk and so not restricted by a usury law.
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foenus nauticum
foenus nauticum (fee-n[schwa]s naw-t[schwa]-k[schwa]m). [Latin] Civil law. Nautical or maritime interest; esp., an extraordinary rate of interest charged to underwrite a hazardous voyage. — Also termed usura maritima. See NAUTICUM FENUS.