usufruct

noun | \ ˈyü-zə-ˌfrəkt, -sə- \ | usu·fruct

1. : the right to the use and enjoyment of another's property and its profits a usufruct in the crops of the estate; especially, in the civil law of Louisiana : a personal servitude of limited duration that confers the right of use and full enjoyment of another's property and its fruits : a personal servitude of limited duration that confers the right of use and full enjoyment of another's property and its fruits

   Note: Under the civil law of Louisiana, one having a usufruct in land must deliver it to the owner with its basic substance undiminished at the end of the term; one having a usufruct in consumables acquires ownership of them, but must return their value or things of the same quantity or quality at the end of the usufruct.