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▪ I. usufructuary, n.|juːzjuːˈfrʌktjuːərɪ|
[ad. late L. ūsūfructuāri-us, f. ūsūfructu-s usufruct n. Cf. Pg. usufructuario, It. usufruttuario.]
1. Law. One who has the temporary use and reaps the fruits or profits of an estate, benefice, office, etc., legally belonging to another or others; one who enjoys the usufruct of a property, etc.
a1618Raleigh in Gutch Coll. Cur. I. 72 The ordinary ususfructus is determined by the death of the usufructuary. 1658Bramhall Consecr. Bps. viii. 186 He held all these Bishopricks..as an Vsufructuary not as a true owner. 1692Washington tr. Milton's Def. Pop. vi. 158 He, that has but the Crown, and the Revenues that belong to it, as an Usufructuary. 1710Prideaux Draught of a Bill, Reasons 2 The Ministers are only the usufructuaries to receive the annual income. 1726Ayliffe Parergon 86 The Parsons of Parishes are not in Law accounted Proprietors, but only Usufructuaries. 1790Francis in Burke Corr. (1844) III. 166 The Church..whose property its usufructuaries very wisely said it would be sacrilege to invade. 1820Ann. Reg. ii. 718 The land-tax is not taken into account except for the proprietor or usufructary [sic]. 1868Browning Ring & Bk. iii. 159 A certain yearly sum,—our Pietro being,..an usufructuary,—Dropped in the common bag as interest Of money, his till death. 1881Disraeli in Daily Tel. 27 April, That all books..[be] properly preserved by..the usufructuary thereof for the time being.
b. transf. and fig.
a1638Mede Wks. (1672) 121 Because the whole land was holy, and God's land, and they but Usufructuaries. 1648Sanderson Serm. II. 24 God hath entrusted us with the..culture of our own hearts..: the fruits wholly accrue to us, as usufructuaries. 1652Needham Selden's Mare Cl. 483 What advantages..are made by others, who of Usufructuaries [of the sea] by permission, have in design now to make themselvs absolute Lords of the Fee. 1702J. Howe Self Ded. 27 God indeed is the only Proprietor, Men are but usufructuaries. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) II. 150 We do not possess in property but only as usufructuaries, and we know the lading will be taken off our backs..at the end of our journey through life. 1866Alger Solit. Nat. & Man iv. 370 [To conform] to the will of God..as its grateful executives and usufructuaries.
2. In general use: One who has the use or enjoyment of something.
1621Bacon in Spedding Lett., etc. (1874) VII. 226, I have..ever..counted myself but an usufructuary of myself, the property being yours. 1622Mabbe tr. Aleman's Guzman d'Alf. i. 125 The Vsufructuarie, and free inioyer of thy life. 1652–3Leicester in Collins Lett. & Mem. State (1746) II. 680 If the Gift be of your self..you shall be but an Usufructuary of yourself. 1794J. Gifford Reign Louis XVI, 425 We are but usufructuaries of life. 1839Hallam Hist. Lit. iii. iv. 359 That the supreme power or sovereignty..does not reside in the chief magistrate, but in the people themselves, and that no other is proprietor or usufructuary of it. 1886W. Graham Soc. Problem 458 The present usufructuaries of the blessings of civilisation.
▪ II. usuˈfructuary, a.
[ad. late L. ūsūfructuāri-us (whence Sp. and Pg. usufructuario, It. usufruttuario, F. usufructuaire): see prec.]
1. Pertaining or relating to usufruct; of the nature of usufruct.
1710Prideaux Orig. Tithes i. 17 To receive and enjoy them in a usustructuary [sic; 1736 usufructuary] tenure under him. 1810Coleridge Jer. Taylor Wks. 1838 III. 245 The ordinary graces bequeathed by Christ to his Church as the usufructuary property of all its members. 1880Muirhead Gaius ii. §30 So that the cessionary shall have the usufructuary right, he himself retaining the bare property.
†2. Holding or enjoying an office, etc., by usufruct. Obs.—1
1728Chambers Cycl. s.v. Usufruit, The Incumbents of Benefices are only Usufructuary. |