The right to use another's property, with the condition that the property be unchanged
a legal right to use and derive profit from property belonging to someone else provided that the property itself is not injured in any way
From ancient Roman law (and now a part of many civil law systems), "usufruct" means the rights to the product of another's property For example, a farmer may give a right of "usufruct"of his land to a neighbor, thus enabling that neighbor to sow and reap the harvest of that land
The right to use and enjoy the property of another to the extent that such use and enjoyment does not destroy or diminish its essential substance
The right of using and enjoying the profits of an estate or other thing belonging to another, without impairing the substance