usufruct
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈjuːzəfrʌkt/
- Formal
- In many cultures, children gain usufruct rights to inherit the family land without owning it outright.
- usufruct rights
- usufruct of land
- usufruct rights, not ownership
Examples
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Women traditionally had only usufruct rights, not ownership rights, to land for cultivation.
Academic text (1998) -
Locally defined groups such as clans and families held land tenure and accorded usufruct rights to their members.
Academic text (2018) -
Rwanda is an example of the problem of usufruct rights versus land ownership in a densely populated country.
Academic text (1998) -
In 2008, the Cuban government began handing out unproductive state lands in usufruct to individuals and cooperative associations who agreed to farm them.
Academic text (2016) -
Usufruct rights were enmeshed in systems of customs, beliefs, and taboos that discouraged overexploitation.
Academic text (2018) -
Technically, ejido members neither owned nor held title to land; rather, they had usufruct rights to the land and waters redistributed by the Mexican government to so-called agrarian nuclei.
Academic text (2008) -
The local law grants a usufruct to tenants, allowing them to farm the land while maintaining its condition.
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When a property owner dies, the surviving partner may receive a usufruct interest that allows them to live there for life.
Synonyms
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8.7
The right to have and enjoy something that belongs to someone else
Permission to use and get income from someone else's property without changing who owns it
Compounds
- Formal
Permission to use and get income from someone else's property without changing who owns it
Surface Forms
Etymology
Usufruct comes from Latin parts usus 'use' and fructus 'fruit' or 'benefit', so it is like 'using the fruit' of something. So an usufruct is the right to use a property and take its benefits, for example crops or rent, without changing or harming the property.