单词 | usufruct |
释义 | usufruct (once / 27109 pages) n Usufruct describes using someone else's property as long as you don't harm it. City gardeners, who are known for planting vegetable patches in empty lots, assume the right of usufruct. Usufruct, pronounced "YOO-zuh-fruct," was an aspect of ancient Roman law which stated that citizens could use and even profit from another person's land or property as long as it wasn't wasted or destroyed. Various countries still use usufruct as a way to allow people to use land they don't own or as part of inheritance law. The word usufruct comes from the Latin phrase usus et fructus: "use and enjoyment." WORD FAMILYusufruct: usufructs, usufructuary+/usufructuary: usufructuaries USAGE EXAMPLESThe owner of the nkele had over his land a little less than dominium and a little more than usufruct. Thomson, Basil, The Fijians—A Study of the Decay of...(2011) Man has too long forgotten that the earth was given to him for usufruct alone, not for consumption, still less for profligate waste. Marsh, George P., Man and Nature—or, Physical Geograp...(2011) Besides, they turned into private properties those lands of which they were legally allowed only the usufruct. Hara, Katsuro, An Introduction to the History of J...(2011) n a legal right to use and derive profit from property belonging to someone else provided that the property itself is not injured in any way Hyper legal right a right based in law |
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