Word of the Day – Usufruct

Usufruct (noun) (law)

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The right to enjoy the use and advantages of another’s property short of the destruction or waste of its substance.

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

Example sentences

“Growing crops on the land is the perfect example of usufruct.”