usufruct
/ˈjuːzəfrʌkt/
noun
- The legal right to use and enjoy someone else's property or assets without owning them, as long as the property is not damaged or destroyed.
- The farmer held usufruct over the land, allowing him to grow crops but not sell the property.
- In some legal systems, usufruct gives a person the right to live in a house that belongs to someone else.
- Under the will, the widow had usufruct of the family home for the rest of her life.