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Usufruct Definition
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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Changes in Perpetual Usufruct Help Property Holders, Mondaq Business Briefing; October 9, 2012
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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