YOOS-uh-fruct. n., the right to enjoy the use of another’s property, apart from wasting or destroying it.
“It was the bridegroom’s duty and interest to see that the dowry was duly paid. He enjoyed the usufruct of it during his life, and not unfrequently it was employed….” –Archibald Sayce, Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs.
It is an interesting and unusual word, but is seems like you could simply employ the word ‘use‘ in its place.
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