usufructuary

American  

[yoo-zoo-fruhk-choo-er-ee, -soo-, yooz-yoo-, yoos-] / ˌyu zʊˈfrʌk tʃuˌɛr i, -sʊ-, ˌyuz yʊ-, ˌyus- /

adjective

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

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noun

plural

usufructuaries

1. a person who has a usufruct property.

Etymology

Origin of usufructuary

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

Example Sentences

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 tenant, the farmer, the commandite', the usufructuary, are possessors; the owner who lets and lends for use, the heir who is to come into possession on the death of a usufructuary, are proprietors.

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

Accordingly, if such a slave is instituted heir, or made legatee or donee, the succession, legacy, or gift is acquired, not for the usufructuary, but for the owner.

From The Institutes of Justinian by Moyle, John Baron

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

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