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Usufructuary

Usufructuary \U`su*fruc"tu*a*ry\, n. [L. usufructuarius.] (Law) A person who has the use of property and reaps the profits of it.
--Wharton.

Usufructuary

Usufructuary \U`su*fruc"tu*a*ry\, a. (Law) Of or pertaining to a usufruct; having the nature of a usufruct.

The ordinary graces bequeathed by Christ to his church, as the usufructuary property of all its members.
--Coleridge.

Wiktionary
usufructuary

a. Of or pertaining to a usufruct. n. A person who holds property, or the use of assets, by usufruct.

WordNet
usufructuary
  1. adj. of or relating to the nature of a usufruct

  2. n. someone who holds property by usufruct

Usage examples of "usufructuary".

The carpenter might have exacted the rag in return, perhaps for use in the machine shop -- where wiping rags were always needed -- but my father paid, exacted nothing, and even apologized, as carpenters tend to apologize, with embarrassed condescension and a clearing of the throat, and Amsel remained the usufructuary of the garment which, though fragmentary, was susceptible of transformation.