“cui”

The following 3 entries include the term cui.

cui bono

noun

: a principle that probable responsibility for an act or event lies with one having something to gain

cui in vita

noun

: a writ of entry by means of which a widow sought to recover lands which had belonged to her but had been transferred by her husband during his lifetime

cui-ui

noun

: an endangered sucker (Chasmistes cujus) of the family Catostomidae that is found only in Pyramid lake and the Truckee river, Nevada


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