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词汇 usufruct
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Definition of usufruct in English:

usufruct

noun ˈjuːzjʊfrʌkt
mass nounLaw
  • The right to enjoy the use and advantages of another's property short of the destruction or waste of its substance.

    〔罗马律〕使用收益权,用益权(指使用他人财产并享收益而不损坏或滥用该财产的权利)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is widely recognized that agriculture, wherein crops can grow again and no serious effect is made on the soil or the land, is an appropriate usage of the right of usufruct.
    • According to her husband's testament, the lady was returned her dowry and was given the usufruct of her husband's landed property.
    • This surrender took place in order to obtain the protection of the lord or to gain the usufruct of land.
    • In men's wills, usufruct on the husband's property is left to widows under condition that they give up their right to dowry and extradotal goods in favour of offspring.
    • Landowners do not own groundwater as owner of the land, they just have a right to the usufruct of the water and not the water itself.

Derivatives

  • usufructuary

  • adjective & noun juːzjʊˈfrʌktʃʊəri
    Law
    • It was emphasised by him that the usufructuary rights that were referred to, which may not have been proprietary in character, nonetheless, depended wholly on the community title.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Arguably, the country could be viewed as an occupant choosing not to exercise its usufructuary right.
      • The occupying State shall be regarded only as administrator and usufructuary of public buildings, real estate, forests, and agricultural estates belonging to the hostile State, and situated in the occupied country.
      • ‘Owner’ includes a lessee, a usufructuary or any other person having a beneficial interest in the land.’
      • He described it as a proprietary right and the rights of the individual members of the clan or group were the possessory or usufructuary rights.

Origin

Early 17th century: from medieval Latin usufructus, from Latin usus (et) fructus 'use (and) enjoyment', from usus 'a use' + fructus 'fruit'.

Definition of usufruct in US English:

usufruct

noun
Law
  • The right to enjoy the use and advantages of another's property short of the destruction or waste of its substance.

    〔罗马律〕使用收益权,用益权(指使用他人财产并享收益而不损坏或滥用该财产的权利)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Landowners do not own groundwater as owner of the land, they just have a right to the usufruct of the water and not the water itself.
    • In men's wills, usufruct on the husband's property is left to widows under condition that they give up their right to dowry and extradotal goods in favour of offspring.
    • According to her husband's testament, the lady was returned her dowry and was given the usufruct of her husband's landed property.
    • This surrender took place in order to obtain the protection of the lord or to gain the usufruct of land.
    • It is widely recognized that agriculture, wherein crops can grow again and no serious effect is made on the soil or the land, is an appropriate usage of the right of usufruct.

Origin

Early 17th century: from medieval Latin usufructus, from Latin usus (et) fructus ‘use (and) enjoyment’, from usus ‘a use’ + fructus ‘fruit’.

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