usufructuary

[ yoo-zoo-fruhk-choo-er-ee, -soo-, yooz-yoo-, yoos- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, plural u·su·fruc·tu·ar·ies.

1610–20; < Late Latin ūsūfrūctuārius, equivalent to ūsūfrūctu ( s ) usufruct + -ārius -ary

Hence it follows that no human being, so long as transactions are free, can ever cease to be the usufructuary of these gifts.

Every occupant is, then, necessarily a possessor or usufructuary,—a function which excludes proprietorship.

Now some hold these privileges by a full right of property, some by an usufructuary, and others by a temporary right.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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