usufructuary [yoo-zoo-fruhk-choo-er-ee, -soo-, yooz-yoo-, yoos-]Roman and Civil Law. ExamplesWord Origin adjective
- of, relating to, or of the nature of usufruct.
noun, plural u·su·fruc·tu·ar·ies.
- a person who has a usufruct property.
Origin of usufructuary 1610–20; Late Latin ūsūfrūctuārius, equivalent to ūsūfrūctu(s) usufruct + -ārius -ary Examples from the Web for usufructuary Historical Examples of usufructuary
Now some hold these privileges by a full right of property, some by an usufructuary, and others by a temporary right.
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.
Harmonies of Political Economy
Frdric Bastiat
Every occupant is, then, necessarily a possessor or usufructuary,—a function which excludes proprietorship.
P. J. Proudhon