单词 | usufructuary |
释义 | usufructuaryn. 1. a. 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. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > [noun] > right of temporary possession > one who has fruit-userc1449 usufructuar1531 usager1606 fructuary1643 usufructuary1658 usuary1871 1658 J. Bramhall Consecration Protestant Bishops Justified ix. 186 He held all these Bishopricks..as an Vsufructuary not as a true owner. 1692 J. Washington tr. J. Milton Def. People Eng. vi. 158 He, that has but the Crown, and the Revenues that belong to it, as an Usufructuary. a1693 Disc. Tenures in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) I. 72 The ordinary ususfructus is determined by the death of the usufructuary. 1710 Prideaux Draught of a Bill, Reasons 2 The Ministers are only the usufructuaries to receive the annual income. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 86 The Parsons of Parishes are not in Law accounted Proprietors, but only Usufructuaries. 1790 Francis in Burke Corr. (1844) III. 166 The Church..whose property its usufructuaries very wisely said it would be sacrilege to invade. 1820 Ann. Reg. ii. 718 The land-tax is not taken into account except for the proprietor or usufructary [sic]. 1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. iii. 165 A certain yearly sum,—our Pietro being,..an usufructuary,—Dropped in the common bag as interest Of money, his till death. 1881 Disraeli in Daily Tel. 27 Apr. That all books..[be] properly preserved by..the usufructuary thereof for the time being. b. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ a1638 J. Mede Wks. (1672) 121 Because the whole land was holy, and God's land, and they but Usufructuaries. 1648 R. Sanderson Serm. II. 24 God hath entrusted us with the..culture of our own hearts..: the fruits wholly accrue to us, as usufructuaries. 1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea 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. 1702 J. Howe Self-dedic. 27 God indeed is the only Proprietor, Men are but usufructuaries. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. i. 399 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. 1866 W. R. Alger Solitudes Nature & 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. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [noun] > beneficial use > one who has usufructuary1621 1621 F. Bacon in Spedding Lett., etc. (1874) VII. 226 I have..ever..counted myself but an usufructuary of myself, the property being yours. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 125 The Vsufructuarie, and free inioyer of thy life. 1652–3 Leicester in Collins Lett. & Mem. State (1746) II. 680 If the Gift be of your self..you shall be but an Usufructuary of yourself. 1689 W. Walker tr. H. Languet Vindiciæ contra Tyrannos (new ed.) 107 At the least we may esteem him [sc. the king] Usufruictuor of the Kingdom, and of the Demean; nay, truly we can allow him to have the Usufruit for being Usufrictor [sic]. 1794 J. Gifford Reign Louis XVI 425 We are but usufructuaries of life. 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe 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. 1886 W. Graham Social Probl. 458 The present usufructuaries of the blessings of civilisation. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2022). usufructuaryadj. 1. Pertaining or relating to usufruct; of the nature of usufruct. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > [adjective] > right of temporary possession usufructuary1710 beneficial1844 fructuary stipulation1875 1710 H. Prideaux Orig. & Right Tithes i. 17 To receive and enjoy them in a usustructuary [sic; 1736 usufructuary] tenure under him. 1810 S. T. Coleridge Notes J. Taylor in Wks. (1838) III. 245 The ordinary graces bequeathed by Christ to his Church as the usufructuary property of all its members. 1880 J. Muirhead tr. Gaius Institutes ii. 82 So that the cessionary shall have the usufructuary right, he himself retaining the bare property. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > [adjective] > right of temporary possession > holding by usufructuary1728 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Usufruit The Incumbents of Benefices are only Usufructuary. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1621adj.1710 |
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