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enjoyment

enjoyment

4 5.0
The legal right to use a property and get its benefits
  • noun
  • /ɪnˈdʒɔɪmənt/
  • Formal
translation icon : uso y disfrute
  • Every natural or legal person is entitled to the peaceful enjoyment of his possessions.
  • enjoyment of rights
  • enjoyment of property
  • enjoyment of possessions

Now the fourth reason for tenant landlord lawsuits is a violation of the right of the tenant to quiet enjoyment.

Examples

  • Private nuisance arose from the assize of nuisance, which barred interference with the enjoyment of property.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The kafalah system continues to hamper the enjoyment of economic, social, and civil rights of migrant workers.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Every republican government is duty-bound to protect all its citizens in the enjoyment of this principle, if within its power.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Unanimity is not necessary to the enjoyment of the new mythology; we are all individuals.

    Blog text (12)
  • Additionally, 18 of the interviewed students noted that the method of instruction impacted their perceived enjoyment level of the class.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Equality every day confers a number of small enjoyments on every man.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Eventually the following formulation was agreed on: "Equality includes the full and equal enjoyment of all rights and freedoms.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Every natural or legal person is entitled to the peaceful enjoyment of his possessions.

  • The Fish and Wildlife Service should open that property for public enjoyment, such as day hiking or bird-watching.

  • Private nuisance arose from the assize of nuisance, which barred interference with the enjoyment of property.

Synonyms

use
vsenjoyment
  • Formal
310 8.7

The right to have and enjoy something that belongs to someone else

is the general legal right to benefit from property without highlighting ownership differences

Antonyms

4 5.1

A time when something is not used and is left in poor condition

Surface Forms

enjoyment singular
enjoyments plural

Morphology

enjoyment = enjoy (semi-transparent) = en + joy + ment

Formally 'enjoy' + '-ment' but the legal sense 'the exercise of rights to use/benefit from property' is specialized and not directly inferable by all learners.

Etymology

The legal sense of enjoyment comes from an older meaning of enjoy that could mean 'to have' or 'to use' something. So, in law enjoyment is the right to use and benefit from property.