usufruct
C2CEFR level
95/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister
Law noun
The right to use and enjoy another's property and its fruits without depleting it.
The widow held a usufruct over the vineyard, taking the harvest but never the land itself.
Business noun
The right to use and enjoy another's property and its fruits without impairing its substance.
Under her late husband's will, she held a usufruct over the estate for the rest of her life.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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