usufruct
(noun) 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
Source: WordNet® 3.1
usufruct (plural usufructs)
(law) The legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person, as long as the property is not damaged.
• liferent (Scots law)
usufruct (third-person singular simple present usufructs, present participle usufructing, simple past and past participle usufructed)
(law, also figuratively) To use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person.
Source: Wiktionary
U"su*fruct, n. Etym: [L. usufructus, ususfructus, usus et fructus; usus use + fructus fruit.] (Law)
Definition: The right of using and enjoying the profits of an estate or other thing belonging to another, without impairing the substance. Burrill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.