Obs. rare. [ad. L. ūsūrāri-us (whence It., Sp., Pg. usurario, F. usuraire), f. ūsūra USURY sb.] Marked by the payment of interest; on which excessive interest is paid.
1649. Bp. Hall, Cases Consc., I. 7. How odious … usurary contracts have been in all times. Ibid., 13. Every increase by loan of money is not usurarie.
1678. Sir G. Mackenzie, Crim. Laws Scot., I. xxiv. § 7 (1699), 124. That the Usurary Bond or Contract shall be reduced.
1693. Stair, Instit. (ed. 2), II. x. 331. That if it [sc. a lease] were in the Terms of the old Act, Parl. 1449. cap. 19. far within the true Avail, it were usurary and null.
