emphyteusis
noun
em·phy·teu·sis
ˌem(p)fəˈtüsə̇s,
-fə‧ˈtyü-
plural emphyteuses
-üˌsēz
: a Roman and civil law contract by which a grant is made of a right either perpetual or for a long period to the possession and enjoyment of originally agricultural land subject to the keeping of the land in cultivation or from depreciation, the payment of a fixed annual rent, and some other conditions
also : the heritable and alienable right so granted or the tenure by which it is held
Word History
Etymology
Late Latin, from Late Greek, from Greek emphyteuein to implant (from em- en- entry 2 + phyteuein to plant, from phyton plant) + -sis
First Known Use
circa 1618, in the meaning defined above