usufruct
pronunciation
How to pronounce usufruct in British English:
UK ['ju:zjʊfrʌkt]
How to pronounce usufruct in American English:
US ['juzjʊˌfrʌkt]
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- Noun:
- 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
Word Origin
- usufruct (n.)
- "right to the use and profits of the property of another without damaging it," 1610s (implied in usufructuary), from Late Latin usufructus, in full usus et fructus "use and enjoyment," from Latin usus "a use" (see use (n.)) + fructus "enjoyment," literally "fruit" (see fruit). Attested earlier in delatinized form usufruit (late 15c.).
Example
- 1. Land usufruct is the purpose of land use right .
- 2. On the origin of usufruct and its significance on chinese civil law .
- 3. A study of hypothecate loan of usufruct from immovable properties .
- 4. Shanghai baoshan district land usufruct saling and bidding auction office .
- 5. Indeed residence is an independent usufruct system , which is a subject to the residential use of a property right .