usufruct

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usufruct

/ˈjuːz(j)ʊfɹʌkt/ UK
/ˈjuzəˌfɹəkt/ US
/-sə-/ US

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From Late Latin ūsufrūctus, from ūsus + frūctus (“usage of the fruits of production”). Cognate with French usufruit, Italian usufrutto, usofrutto, Occitan usufrug, Portuguese usufruto, Spanish usufructo.

noun usufructs · usufruit

The legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person, as long as the property is not damaged. We ought to obſerve, that Uſufruct or Uſe for the Profits, and other ſort of Servitudes are the Rights which we enjoy gratuitouſly: For if we pay an Annual Rent, 'twill be then a kind of Letting or Hiring.
Similar: liferent

verb usufructs · usufructing · usufructed · usufruit

also, figuratively To use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person. An enabling myth is just that—a myth that enables those who benefit from the status quo to keep on benefiting. Thorstein Veblen would say that it enabled the usufructuaries to keep on usufructing.

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noun legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person

Español	usufructo
中文	用益物權 /用益物权
Português	usufruto
Français	usufruit
Deutsch	Nutznießung, Nießbrauch, Fruchtgenussrecht, Fruchtgenuss
Italiano	usufrutto, usofrutto
Ελληνικά	επικαρπία epikarpía
Română	drept de uz
Русский	узуфру́кт uzufrúkt

verb to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person

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@misc{usufruct_2026,
  title = {usufruct},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/usufruct},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}