We study parameter spaces of linear series on projective curves in the presence unibranch singularities, i.e. cusps; and to do so, we stratify cusps according value semigroup. show that generalized Severi varieties maps P1→Pn with images fixed degree arithmetic genus are often reducible whenever n≥3. also prove variety degree-d a hyperelliptic cusp delta-invariant g≪d is codimension at least (n...