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Today's Word "usufruct"

profits from another's property on

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usufruct \YU-seh-frehkt or YU-zyu-frehkt\ (noun) - A usufruct is the right of using and receiving profits (the fruits) from a property that belongs to someone else.

"Albert married Angela in hopes of getting his hands on her ranch. He soon discovered, however, that her father had astutely gauged her ability to choose a spouse and left her a mere usufruct in the land."

 

Late Latin ususfructus "use" from usus, participle of utor "to use" + fructus "enjoyment, result", participle of fruor "to enjoy." Fruor is a reduction of frugor, which shares a stem with German brauchen "use."


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