LAWthelegalrightto use someone else'spropertytemporarilyand tokeepanyprofitmade from it:Manycommunitiesindevelopingcountrieshave usufructrightsover thelandtheyfarm.(Definition ofusufructfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
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usufructWhen communal land tenure was the norm, the tiaxcas could reassignusufructrights to assist the disadvantaged and punish malefactors or shirkers.From theCambridge English CorpusHow can fairness in the distribution of lifelongusufructrights be guaranteed, given the differences in soil fertility from area to area ?From theCambridge English CorpusOne comprised the irrigated plots that, de facto, belonged to individual families whereusufructrights were handed down from parents to children.From theCambridge English CorpusAlthough the state legally owned the land and retained the eminent domain, the possession andusufructrights belonged to farmers.From theCambridge English CorpusCocoa, being a semi-permanent tree crop, changed the nature ofusufruct, and the proliferation of land sales led to protracted land disputes and litigation.From theCambridge English CorpusUnlike a conduenazgo, no statute or written contract protected theusufructholders as legitimate co-owners.From theCambridge English CorpusA person could claimusufructrights through the barrio of a parent (ancestral barrio), but not the barrio of a spouse (conjugal barrio).From theCambridge English CorpusMoreover, the state owns the land, giving farmers only temporaryusufructrights.From theCambridge English CorpusIf the father died first, his widow hadusufructof the property, provided she did not remarry.From theCambridge English CorpusUsufructrights were lifelong and extended over many generations.From theCambridge English CorpusToday direct violence is also increasingly used to deter women from filing claims, or from exercising theusufructrights to land that some customarily have.From theCambridge English CorpusIn addition, widows enjoyed a lifetimeusufructof half of their deceased husband's eigen goed.From theCambridge English CorpusUsufructhad long been granted on the basis of continuing cultivation and could be taken away when cultivation was abandoned.From theCambridge English CorpusAs indicated, the mashadd maska was equivalent to the right ofusufruct(haqq al-tasarruf) over the land.From theCambridge English CorpusThe priority tousufructof land will be given to local villagers, though any person may ask for land in any place where he or she wants to live.From theCambridge English CorpusThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/usufruct##
