Usufruct

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In civil law. The right of enjoying a thing the property of which is vested in another, and to draw from the same all the profit, utility, and advantage which it may produce, provided it be without altering the substance of the thing. Perfect usufruct is of things which the usufructuary can enjoy without altering their substance, though their substance may be diminished or deteriorated naturally by time or by the use to which they are applied; as, a house, a piece of land, animals, furniture, and other movable effects. Imperfect or quasi usufruct is of things whicii would be useless to the usufructuary if he did not consume and expend them or change the substance of them; as, money, grain, liquors. In this case, the alteration may take place. Civ. Code La. art. 525 et seq.; 1 Browne, Civ. Law, 184; Poth. Tr. du Douaire, note 194; Ayliffe, Pand. 319; Poth. ad Pand. tom. 6, p. 91; Lee. Elm. § 414; Inst. lib. 2, tit. 4; Dig. lib. 7, tit. 1, lib. 1; Code, lib. 3, tit. 33.

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In civil law. The right of enjoying a thing the property of which is vested in another, and to draw from the same all the profit, utility, and advantage which it may produce, provided it be without altering the substance of the thing. Perfect usufruct is of things which the usufructuary can enjoy without altering their substance, though their substance may be diminished or deteriorated naturally by time or by the use to which they are applied; as, a house, a piece of land, animals, furniture, and other movable effects. Imperfect or quasi usufruct is of things whicii would be useless to the usufructuary if he did not consume and expend them or change the substance of them; as, money, grain, liquors. In this case, the alteration may take place. Civ. Code La. art. 525 et seq.; 1 Browne, Civ. Law, 184; Poth. Tr. du Douaire, note 194; Ayliffe, Pand. 319; Poth. ad Pand. tom. 6, p. 91; Lee. Elm. § 414; Inst. lib. 2, tit. 4; Dig. lib. 7, tit. 1, lib. 1; Code, lib. 3, tit. 33.

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    The Usufruct Lease under the Provisions of Turkish Code of Obligations No. 6098, Mondaq Business Briefing; July 19, 2013; Buyukoral, Ceyda

    Battle Of Collateral: The Share Pledge v. The Usufruct Right., Mondaq Business Briefing; June 10, 2008

    USUFRUCT TO BE EXPANDED IN ECONOMIC FIELD, Info-Prod Research (Middle East); November 13, 2007

    EGYPT: USUFRUCT TO BE EXPANDED IN ECONOMIC FIELD., Info-Prod Research (Middle East); November 13, 2007

    Usufruct and the church, Canadian Mennonite; August 2, 2010; Strathdee, Mike

    PACIFIC DIGITAL MALL TO CLOSE, USUFRUCT TRANSFERRED TO PKU., States News Service; April 12, 2011

    Ulpian’s Table and the Value of Life Annuities and Usufructs, Journal of Legal Economics; October 1, 2012; Ciecka, James E.

    CUBA: ALMOST 80% OF LANDS GRANTED IN USUFRUCT ALREADY BEING EXPLOITED., Info-Prod Research (Middle East); March 21, 2011

    Industrial Land to Be Leased on Usufruct Basis: Ministry of Industry, Daily News Egypt (Egypt); March 31, 2014

    LAND FOR INVESTORS UNDER USUFRUCT SYSTEM, Info-Prod Research (Middle East); July 30, 2007

    EGYPT: LAND FOR INVESTORS UNDER USUFRUCT SYSTEM., Info-Prod Research (Middle East); July 30, 2007

    IT’S A PARTY, A PIG-ROASTING, A RECITATION AND MOST OF ALL: A USUFRUCT, The Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA); May 25, 2003; BONNIE NAUMANN THE ROANOKE TIMES

    Usufruct project surpasses expectations., Cuba News; July 1, 2011

    LAND USUFRUCT AGREEMENT FOR OMAN MARINE COLLEGE IS SIGNED, Info-Prod Research (Middle East); November 18, 2007

    Omran signs Usufruct Agreement for a Hotel in A’Duqm., Oman News Agency; June 4, 2012

    OMAN: LAND USUFRUCT AGREEMENT FOR OMAN MARINE COLLEGE IS SIGNED., Info-Prod Research (Middle East); November 18, 2007

    Oman : Land Usufruct Pacts Signed, Mena Report; March 26, 2014

    TOURISM MINISTRY SIGNS USUFRUCT CONTRACT, Info-Prod Research (Middle East); November 20, 2010

    Al-Jabri Signs Land Usufruct Agreements, Oman News Agency; March 25, 2014


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