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Webster 1913 Edition
Usufruct
U′su-fruct
(?; 277)
, Noun.
[L.
usufructus
, ususfructus
, usus et fructus
; usus
use + fructus
fruit.] (Law)
The right of using and enjoying the profits of an estate or other thing belonging to another, without impairing the substance.
Burrill.
Webster 1828 Edition
Usufruct
U'SUFRUCT
,Noun.
The temporary use and enjoyment of lands or tenements; or the right of receiving the fruits and profits of lands or other thing, without having the right to alienate or change the property.
Definition 2024
usufruct
usufruct
English
Noun
usufruct (plural usufructs)
- (law) The legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person, as long as the property is not damaged.
Synonyms
- liferent (Scots law)
Derived terms
- usufruction
- usufructuary
Translations
legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
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Verb
usufruct (third-person singular simple present usufructs, present participle usufructing, simple past and past participle usufructed)
- (law) To use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person.
Translations
to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
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