diff --git a/test/definition/using/binary_type_alias.casm b/test/definition/using/binary_type_alias.casm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0050570a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/definition/using/binary_type_alias.casm
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+//
+//  Copyright (c) 2014-2017 CASM Organization
+//  All rights reserved.
+//
+//  Developed by: Philipp Paulweber
+//                Emmanuel Pescosta
+//                https://github.com/casm-lang/libcasm-tc
+//
+//  This file is part of libcasm-tc.
+//
+//  libcasm-tc is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+//  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+//  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+//  (at your option) any later version.
+//
+//  libcasm-tc is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+//  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+//  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+//  GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+//  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+//  along with libcasm-tc. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+//
+
+CASM init foo
+
+using uint16_t = Binary'16
+
+rule foo =
+    let x : uint16_t = 0b1010'1111'1111'1110 in
+        skip
diff --git a/test/definition/using/boolean_type_alias.casm b/test/definition/using/boolean_type_alias.casm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..33a2fcf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/definition/using/boolean_type_alias.casm
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+//
+//  Copyright (c) 2014-2017 CASM Organization
+//  All rights reserved.
+//
+//  Developed by: Philipp Paulweber
+//                Emmanuel Pescosta
+//                https://github.com/casm-lang/libcasm-tc
+//
+//  This file is part of libcasm-tc.
+//
+//  libcasm-tc is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+//  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+//  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+//  (at your option) any later version.
+//
+//  libcasm-tc is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+//  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+//  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+//  GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+//  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+//  along with libcasm-tc. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+//
+
+CASM init foo
+
+using MyType = Boolean
+
+rule foo =
+    let x : MyType = true in
+        skip
diff --git a/test/definition/using/enumeration_type_alias.casm b/test/definition/using/enumeration_type_alias.casm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2c0a62b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/definition/using/enumeration_type_alias.casm
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+//
+//  Copyright (c) 2014-2017 CASM Organization
+//  All rights reserved.
+//
+//  Developed by: Philipp Paulweber
+//                Emmanuel Pescosta
+//                https://github.com/casm-lang/libcasm-tc
+//
+//  This file is part of libcasm-tc.
+//
+//  libcasm-tc is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+//  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+//  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+//  (at your option) any later version.
+//
+//  libcasm-tc is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+//  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+//  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+//  GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+//  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+//  along with libcasm-tc. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+//
+
+CASM init foo
+
+enumeration Color = {
+    Red,
+    Green,
+    Blue
+}
+
+using MyType = Color
+
+rule foo =
+    let x : MyType = ::Red in
+        skip
diff --git a/test/definition/using/error/enumerator_alias.casm b/test/definition/using/error/enumerator_alias.casm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..36e8917a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/definition/using/error/enumerator_alias.casm
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+//
+//  Copyright (c) 2014-2017 CASM Organization
+//  All rights reserved.
+//
+//  Developed by: Philipp Paulweber
+//                Emmanuel Pescosta
+//                https://github.com/casm-lang/libcasm-tc
+//
+//  This file is part of libcasm-tc.
+//
+//  libcasm-tc is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+//  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+//  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+//  (at your option) any later version.
+//
+//  libcasm-tc is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+//  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+//  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+//  GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+//  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+//  along with libcasm-tc. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+//
+
+// type check pass should say that the enumerator 'Color::Red' cannot be used
+// as a type
+
+CASM init foo
+
+enumeration Color = {
+    Red,
+    Green,
+    Blue
+}
+
+using MyType = Color::Red //@ ERROR( 0100 )
+
+rule foo =
+    skip
diff --git a/test/definition/using/error/redefinition.casm b/test/definition/using/error/redefinition.casm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..36d76a93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/definition/using/error/redefinition.casm
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+//
+//  Copyright (c) 2014-2017 CASM Organization
+//  All rights reserved.
+//
+//  Developed by: Philipp Paulweber
+//                Emmanuel Pescosta
+//                https://github.com/casm-lang/libcasm-tc
+//
+//  This file is part of libcasm-tc.
+//
+//  libcasm-tc is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+//  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+//  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+//  (at your option) any later version.
+//
+//  libcasm-tc is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+//  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+//  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+//  GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+//  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+//  along with libcasm-tc. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+//
+
+// symbol registration should say that symbol 'MyType' is already defined
+
+CASM init foo
+
+using MyType = Boolean //@ ERROR( 0502 )
+using MyType = Integer //@ ERROR( 0502 )
+
+rule foo =
+    skip
diff --git a/test/definition/using/error/using_unknown_type.casm b/test/definition/using/error/using_unknown_type.casm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f65596c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/definition/using/error/using_unknown_type.casm
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+//
+//  Copyright (c) 2014-2017 CASM Organization
+//  All rights reserved.
+//
+//  Developed by: Philipp Paulweber
+//                Emmanuel Pescosta
+//                https://github.com/casm-lang/libcasm-tc
+//
+//  This file is part of libcasm-tc.
+//
+//  libcasm-tc is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+//  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+//  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+//  (at your option) any later version.
+//
+//  libcasm-tc is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+//  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+//  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+//  GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+//  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+//  along with libcasm-tc. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+//
+
+// type check pass should say that the type 'UnknownType' is unknown
+
+CASM init foo
+
+using MyType = UnknownType //@ ERROR( 0100 )
+
+rule foo =
+    skip
diff --git a/test/definition/using/function_reference_type_alias.casm b/test/definition/using/function_reference_type_alias.casm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ece6e014
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/definition/using/function_reference_type_alias.casm
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+//
+//  Copyright (c) 2014-2017 CASM Organization
+//  All rights reserved.
+//
+//  Developed by: Philipp Paulweber
+//                Emmanuel Pescosta
+//                https://github.com/casm-lang/libcasm-tc
+//
+//  This file is part of libcasm-tc.
+//
+//  libcasm-tc is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+//  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+//  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+//  (at your option) any later version.
+//
+//  libcasm-tc is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+//  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+//  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+//  GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+//  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+//  along with libcasm-tc. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+//
+
+CASM init foo
+
+using MyFuncRef = FuncRef< Integer * Integer -> Integer >
+
+derived d( a : Integer, b : Integer ) -> Integer =
+    a + b
+
+rule foo =
+    let x : MyFuncRef = @d in
+        skip
diff --git a/test/definition/using/type_alias_in_type_alias.casm b/test/definition/using/type_alias_in_type_alias.casm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a509ed3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/definition/using/type_alias_in_type_alias.casm
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+//
+//  Copyright (c) 2014-2017 CASM Organization
+//  All rights reserved.
+//
+//  Developed by: Philipp Paulweber
+//                Emmanuel Pescosta
+//                https://github.com/casm-lang/libcasm-tc
+//
+//  This file is part of libcasm-tc.
+//
+//  libcasm-tc is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+//  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+//  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+//  (at your option) any later version.
+//
+//  libcasm-tc is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+//  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+//  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+//  GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+//  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+//  along with libcasm-tc. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+//
+
+CASM init foo
+
+using MyType1 = Boolean
+using MyType2 = MyType1
+
+function test : MyType1 -> MyType2
+
+rule foo =
+    skip
diff --git a/test/definition/using/use_type_alias_as_universe.casm b/test/definition/using/use_type_alias_as_universe.casm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1eaf5291
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/definition/using/use_type_alias_as_universe.casm
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+//
+//  Copyright (c) 2014-2017 CASM Organization
+//  All rights reserved.
+//
+//  Developed by: Philipp Paulweber
+//                Emmanuel Pescosta
+//                https://github.com/casm-lang/libcasm-tc
+//
+//  This file is part of libcasm-tc.
+//
+//  libcasm-tc is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+//  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+//  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+//  (at your option) any later version.
+//
+//  libcasm-tc is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+//  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+//  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+//  GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+//  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+//  along with libcasm-tc. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+//
+
+CASM init foo
+
+enumeration State = {
+    On,
+    Off
+}
+
+using MyState = State
+
+function visitedStates : MyState -> Boolean
+
+rule foo =
+{|
+    forall s in MyState do
+        visitedStates( s ) := true
+
+    assert( visitedStates( ::On ) and visitedStates( ::Off ) )
+
+    program( self ) := undef
+|}