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usufructuary

[yoo-zoo-fruhk-choo-er-ee, -soo-, yooz-yoo-, yoos-]Roman and Civil Law.
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adjective
  1. of, relating to, or of the nature of usufruct.
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noun, plural u·su·fruc·tu·ar·ies.
  1. a person who has a usufruct property.
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Origin of usufructuary

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

  • Now some hold these privileges by a full right of property, some by an usufructuary, and others by a temporary right.

    The Rights of War and Peace

    Hugo Grotius

  • Hence it follows that no human being, so long as transactions are free, can ever cease to be the usufructuary of these gifts.

  • Every occupant is, then, necessarily a possessor or usufructuary,—a function which excludes proprietorship.

    What is Property?

    P. J. Proudhon