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usufruct
[ yoo-zoo-fruhkt, -soo-, yooz-yoo-, yoos- ]
noun
, Roman and Civil Law.
- the right of enjoying all the advantages derivable from the use of something that belongs to another, as far as is compatible with the substance of the thing not being destroyed or injured.
usufruct
/ ˈjuːsjʊˌfrʌkt /
noun
- the right to use and derive profit from a piece of property belonging to another, provided the property itself remains undiminished and uninjured in any way
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Derived Forms
- ˌusuˈfructuary, nounadjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of usufruct1
C17: from Late Latin ūsūfrūctus, from Latin ūsus use + frūctus enjoyment
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Example Sentences
However they may hire out the usufruct of their voices, they never will part with the fee and inheritance.
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It is "owned" by the individual in usufruct, but cannot be sold, given away, or otherwise alienated.
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The usufruct of the new science has been seized upon by the old tradition of fixed and external ends.
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The owner of the nkele had over his land a little less than dominium and a little more than usufruct.
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All these cases amounted to little more than the transfer of the usufruct of the land for life or for an uncertain period.
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