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usufructuary

9.9

Relating to the right to use and benefit from someone else's property without owning it

adjective
/ˌjuːzəˈfrʌktʃuˌɛri/

Formal

: usufructuario

The usufructuary agreement allowed the tenant to enjoy the crops without harming the soil.
usufructuary rights

Examples

The usufructuary status granted him access to the beachfront property for recreational activities.
Under this provision, the signatory bands retained usufructuary rights, including the right to live off the land and make a modest living from hunting, fishing, and gathering from the resources of the ceded territory.

Academic text (2001)
It can be argued that the Chippewa understood the usufructuary value of the land to be more important than the title itself.

Academic text (1997)
In 1999, the United States Supreme Court affirmed that the Ojibwe retained the usufructuary rights reserved in the 1837 treaty.

Academic text (2009)
In separate litigation in 1999, a divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled that several Chippewa bands had retained their usufructuary rights in Minnesota under an 1837 treaty.

Academic text (2001)
As a usufructuary, she had the legal right to harvest the fruit from the orchard.

Synonyms

possessory

vsusufructuary

Specialized

1 8.4

Relating to the legal right to have and control property

focuses on a limited right to use and benefit without owning

Surface Forms

usufructuary positive

Morphology

usufructuary = usufruct (semi-transparent) = usufruct + uary

The adjective is formed by the productive derivational ending '-uary' attached to the legal noun 'usufruct'; the derivation is regular but comprehension depends on knowledge of a specialized term.

Etymology

Usufructuary as an adjective comes from the same Latin parts usus ('use') and fructus ('fruit' or 'benefit'), giving the image of 'using the fruit' of something. That's why usufructuary describes a right or interest that lets you use and enjoy property and its benefits without being the owner.