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Meaning of Usufruct
The right to the fruits of things belonging to others without destroying or wasting the subject over which such right extends.
Usufruct Alternative Definition
In civil law. The right of enjoying a thing the property of which is vested in another, and to draw from the same all the profit, utility, and advantage which it may produce, provided it be without altering the substance of the thing. Perfect usufruct is of things which the usufructuary can enjoy without altering their substance, though their substance may be diminished or deteriorated naturally by time or by the use to which they are applied; as, a house, a piece of land, animals, furniture, and other movable effects. Imperfect or quasi usufruct is of things whicii would be useless to the usufructuary if he did not consume and expend them or change the substance of them; as, money, grain, liquors. In this case, the alteration may take place. Civ. Code La. art. 525 et seq.; 1 Browne, Civ. Law, 184; Poth. Tr. du Douaire, note 194; Ayliffe, Pand. 319; Poth. ad Pand. tom. 6, p. 91; Lee. Elm. § 414; Inst. lib. 2, tit. 4; Dig. lib. 7, tit. 1, lib. 1; Code, lib. 3, tit. 33.
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Concept of Usufruct in the context of Real Property
A short definition of Usufruct: The right to use and profit from property vested in another, so long as the user (usufructuary) does not change the substance of the property. Would include an easement but not a profit a prendre.
Concept of Usufruct in the context of Real Property
A short definition of Usufruct: The right to use and profit from property vested in another, so long as the user (usufructuary) does not change the substance of the property. Would include an easement but not a profit a prendre.
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Legal English Vocabulary: Usufruct in Spanish
Online translation of the English legal term usufruct into Spanish: usufructo (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online.
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- Spanish: Usufructo
- French: Usufruit
- German: Nießbrauch
- Italian: Usufrutto
- Portuguese: Usufruto
- Polish: Użytkowanie
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