Product Actions. 1  Christmas is right around the corner and Jules Daly (Kate McGrath) is doing her best to create a loving home as new guardian to her mischievous niece and nephew.
As a general definition, usury is loaning money at extravagant interest rates. The legal definition varies. The practiced of lending money to people, especially making them pay unfairly high rates of interest. As a general definition, usury is loaning money at extravagant interest rates. The legal definition varies.
Augury is the practice from ancient Roman religion of interpreting omens from the observed flight of birds. When the individual, known as the augur, interpreted these signs, it is referred to as taking the auspices. 'Augur' and 'auspices' are from the Latin auspicium and auspex, literally one who looks at birds. Depending upon the birds, the auspices from the gods could be favorable or unfavorable. Sometimes bribed or politically motivated augures would fabricate unfavorable auspices in orde