Usufruct Definition

yo͝ozə-frŭkt, -sə-
noun
The right to use the property of another for a period of time with the obligation to return it, or leave it, undamaged or unimpaired.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Usufruct

Noun

Singular:
usufruct
Plural:
usufructs

Origin of Usufruct

  • From Late Latin usufructus, from Latin Å«sus et fructus (use and enjoyment), cognate to English use and fruit.

    From Wiktionary

  • Late Latin ūsūfrūctus variant of Latin ūsusfrūctus ūsus use usual frūctus enjoyment fruit

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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