Usufructuary

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Usufructuary \U`su*fruc"tu*a*ry\, n. [L. usufructuarius.] (Law)
     A person who has the use of property and reaps the profits of
     it. --Wharton.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Usufructuary \U`su*fruc"tu*a*ry\, a. (Law)
     Of or pertaining to a usufruct; having the nature of a
     usufruct.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The ordinary graces bequeathed by Christ to his church,
           as the usufructuary property of all its members.
                                                    --Coleridge.
     [1913 Webster] Usurarious

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  usufructuary
       adj : of or relating to the nature of a usufruct
       n : someone who holds property by usufruct

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  USUFRUCTUARY, civil law. One who has the right and enjoyment of an usufruct. 
       2. Domat, with his usual clearness, points out the duties of the 
  usufructuary, which are, 1. To make an inventory of the things subject to 
  the usufruct, in the presence of those having an interest in them. 2. To 
  give security for their restitution; when the usufruct shall be at an end. 
  3. To take good care of the things subject to the usufruct. 4. To pay all 
  taxes, and claims which arise while the thing is in his possession, as a 
  ground-rent. 5. To keep the thing in repair at his own expense. Lois Civ. 
  liv. 1, t. 11, s. 4. See Estate for life.