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usufruct

English translation: a legal right

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English term or phrase:usufruct
Selected answer:a legal right

12:48 Feb 25, 2004
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Law/Patents - Real Estate
English term or phrase: usufruct
Real Estate law
Lussi
a legal right
Explanation:
to use and benefit from property which belongs to another person

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Note added at 6 mins (2004-02-25 12:55:41 GMT)
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Merriam-Webster\'s Dictionary of Law
usufruct
Latin ususfructus from usus et fructus, literally, use and enjoyment
: the right to the use and enjoyment of another\'s property and its profits
‹a usu·fruct in the crops of the estate›; esp in the civil law of Louisiana : a personal servitude of limited duration that confers the right of use and full enjoyment of another\'s property and its fruits
Under the civil law of Louisiana, one having a usufruct in land must deliver it to the owner with its basic substance undiminished at the end of the term; one having a usufruct in consumables acquires ownership of them, but must return their value or things of the same quantity or quality at the end of the usufruct.
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Selcuk Akyuz
Türkiye
Local time: 10:28
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4 +6Explanation below
IanW (X)
5a legal right
Selcuk Akyuz
5definition
Mihaela Sinca
5Legal right of enjoying the derived advantages from the use of something that belongs to another
Pnina
1The right of using and enjoying the profits of an estate or other thing belonging to another
Nikita Kobrin


  

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Explanation below


Explanation:
Here is the explanation from my Merriam-Websters;

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

IanW (X)
Local time: 09:28
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  cheungmo: i.e. "to use the fruit of something"
1 min
agree  David Moore (X)
1 min
agree  karina koguta
12 mins
agree  Empty Whiskey Glass
1 hr
agree  Rajan Chopra
1 hr
agree  senin
6 hrs
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The right of using and enjoying the profits of an estate or other thing belonging to another


Explanation:
without impairing the substance.

Webster

Nikita Kobrin
Lithuania
Local time: 10:28
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
a legal right


Explanation:
to use and benefit from property which belongs to another person

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Note added at 6 mins (2004-02-25 12:55:41 GMT)
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Merriam-Webster\'s Dictionary of Law
usufruct
Latin ususfructus from usus et fructus, literally, use and enjoyment
: the right to the use and enjoyment of another\'s property and its profits
‹a usu·fruct in the crops of the estate›; esp in the civil law of Louisiana : a personal servitude of limited duration that confers the right of use and full enjoyment of another\'s property and its fruits
Under the civil law of Louisiana, one having a usufruct in land must deliver it to the owner with its basic substance undiminished at the end of the term; one having a usufruct in consumables acquires ownership of them, but must return their value or things of the same quantity or quality at the end of the usufruct.

Selcuk Akyuz
Türkiye
Local time: 10:28
Native speaker of: Turkish
PRO pts in category: 4
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
definition


Explanation:
Usufruct
From ancient Roman law (and now a part of many civil law systems), "usufruct" means the rights to the product of another's property. For example, a farmer may give a right of "usufruct"of his land to a neighbor, thus enabling that neighbor to sow and reap the harvest of that land.


Mihaela Sinca
Local time: 10:28
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
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Legal right of enjoying the derived advantages from the use of something that belongs to another


Explanation:
Here is the definition, according to Roman and Civil Law: "The right of enjoying all the advantages derivable from the use of something that belongs to another, as far as is compatible with the substance of the thing not being destroyed or injured."


    Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
Pnina
Israel
Local time: 10:28
Native speaker of: Native in HebrewHebrew
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