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usufruct

 
Dictionary: u·su·fruct   ('zə-frŭkt', -sə-) pronunciation
n.
The right to use and enjoy the profits and advantages of something belonging to another as long as the property is not damaged or altered in any way.

[Late Latin ūsūfrūctus, variant of Latin ūsusfrūctus : ūsus, use; see usual + frūctus, enjoyment; see fruit.]


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Law Encyclopedia: Usufruct
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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

A civil law term referring to the right of one individual to use and enjoy the property of another, provided its substance is neither impaired nor altered.

For example, a usufructuary right would be the right to use water from a stream in order to generate electrical power. Such a right is distinguishable from a claim of legal ownership of the water itself.

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1) the legal right of using and enjoying the fruits or profits of something belonging to another
2) the right to use or enjoy something
WordNet: usufruct
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Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: 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


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - brugsret

Nederlands (Dutch)
(in) vruchtgebruik (hebben)

Français (French)
n. - (Jur) usufruit

Deutsch (German)
n. - Nutznießung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (νομ.) επικαρπία, νομή
v. - έχω την επικαρπία

Italiano (Italian)
usufrutto, usufruire

Português (Portuguese)
n. - usufruto (m)
v. - usufruir

Русский (Russian)
узуфрукт (право пользования чужой собственностью)

Español (Spanish)
n. - usufructo, usufructuar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - nyttjanderätt (jur.)
v. - äga nyttjanderätt (jur.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
用益权, 行使用益权, 使用权

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 用益權, 行使用益權, 使用權

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 사용권, 이용권

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 使用権, 用益権, 利用権
v. - 用益権を行使する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حق الانتفاع (فعل) يحتفظ ب أو يبقي حق الانتفاع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮זכות שימוש, טובת הנאה, מלוג (זכות שימוש ברווחים מקרן או מנכס אך לא בקרן או בנכס עצמם)‬


 
 

 

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