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Webster 1913 Edition

Emphyteusis

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Emˊphy-teu′sis

Noun.

[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK], lit., an implanting, fr. [GREEK] to plant or improve land; [GREEK] in + [GREEK] to plant.]

(Rom. Law)

A real right, susceptible of assignment and of descent, charged on productive real estate, the right being coupled with the enjoyment of the property on condition of taking care of the estate and paying taxes, and sometimes a small rent.

Heumann.

Definition 2024

emphyteusis

English

Noun

emphyteusis

(law) A right to enjoyment of property with a given stipulation that the property will be improved or maintained in an agreed upon manner; leasehold

Usage notes

In the Province of Québec this is a right occasionally given to people maintaining government property for periods between 10 and 100 years at a time.