usufructuary

[yoo-zoo-fruhk-choo-er-ee, -soo-, yooz-yoo-, yoos-]

adjective

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

noun

plural

usufructuaries 

1. a person who has a usufruct property.

Word History and Origins

Origin of usufructuary¹

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.

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The following letter touches incidentally upon the description of the rights of an invader over certain kinds of State property in the occupied territory as being those of a "usufructuary."

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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.

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

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According to the Canon Law, the bishop was only the usufructuary of the lands and revenues belonging to his see.

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