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The following 5 entries include the term usque ad.
ab ovo usque ad mala
Latin phrase: from egg to apples : from soup to nuts : from beginning to end
a mari usque ad mare
Latin phrase: from sea to sea —motto of Canada
amicus usque ad aras
Latin phrase: a friend as far as to the altars : a friend whose only higher allegiance is to religion : a friend to the very end
usque ad coelum
: up to the heavens : as far as heaven —referring to a rule in law that the owner of land owns the air space above it indefinitely upward
usque ad filum aquae
: as far as the middle of the stream —referring to a rule in law that when a boundary of a real property is formed by a nontidal stream, unless otherwise evident, the title extends to an imaginary line along the middle of the stream subject to the rights of the public
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