usufructuary

American  

[yoo-zoo-fruhk-choo-er-ee, -soo-, yooz-yoo-, yoos-] / ˌju zʊˈfrʌk tʃuˌɛr i, -sʊ-, ˌjuz jʊ-, ˌjus- /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or of the nature of usufruct.

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noun

• usufructuaries
  plural

1. a person who has a usufruct property.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• usufructuaries
  plural

Etymology

Origin of usufructuary

1610–20; < Late Latin ūsūfrūctuārius, equivalent to ūsūfrūctu ( s ) usufruct + -ārius -ary

Example Sentences

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usufructuary usufructuaries

Courts have deemed that irrigators have a usufructuary right — a type of property right that allows use of something in the public domain — to the top six feet of water in the lake.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2021

Edward Abbey, writing in Desert Solitaire upon finding himself “in the middle ground and foreground of the picture” of Arches national monument in 1956, declared himself “sole inhabitant, usufructuary, observer and custodian.”

From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2021

The first class includes the products of the soil which belong to this first generation in its usufructuary capacity, augmented, improved and refined by its labor and industry.

From What is Property? by P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) Proudhon

The nation, in its function of usufructuary, possesses them; the government rules, superintends, and protects them.

From What is Property? by P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) Proudhon

In a word, the usufructuary is under the supervision of society, submitted to the condition of labor and the law of equality.

From What is Property? by P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) Proudhon

There are no proprietors--merely usufructuaries of the association's capital.

From Freeland A Social Anticipation by Theodor Hertzka

Through him immense plains are divided, mountains change their positions, forests are grown upon the public squares, one hemisphere produces for another, and every corner of the globe has its usufructuaries.

From What is Property? by P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) Proudhon