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USUFRUCT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does usufruct mean? 

USUFRUCT (noun)
  The noun USUFRUCT has 1 sense:

1. a legal right to use and derive profit from property belonging to someone else provided that the property itself is not injured in any wayplay

  Familiarity information: USUFRUCT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


USUFRUCT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A legal right to use and derive profit from property belonging to someone else provided that the property itself is not injured in any way

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("usufruct" is a kind of...):

legal right (a right based in law)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Derivation:

usufructuary (of or relating to the nature of a usufruct)


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