A Topic of Moral Theology
The Right of Use
The bare right of using another’s thing (use, as distinct from usufruct).
The works themselves ask 3 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Also asked about as…
using someone else’s property (ed.)
In the index as Usufruct (Ususfructus) · Use, as a species of dominion (Usus, ut species dominii) · Usufructuary (Usufructuarius) · Dominion · Fruits · Habitation · Use · Use and usufruct · Use of probable opinions · Usuary (Usuarius)
In the manuals
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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § I, Point II, II. On Use, n. 771 — Use is the right of using another's thing, with its substance preserved (St. Alphonsus, III, 487). If the other's thing is a house, it is called habitation. It is acquired and extinguished in those ways in which usufruct… Read in context →
Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.
Vol. I, Treatise on Justice and Ri…, First Part. On the Nature …, Ch. II, Article II. On Use and Usufruct, nn. ¶1, 593, 594 & 595 (12 passages — hover a number to read it)
Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology
Vol. III, Contracts, and the Obligat…, On the Virtue of Justice (…, Part I — Chapter I: On the Existence of Right, n. 129 — (B) On Use and Habitation.. 129. Use is a real right of using a thing of another for personal advantage only, with the substance of the thing preserved. That use is called habitation when the thing of which there is question is a house. Of itself, … Read in context →
Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium
Vol. I, TREATISE ON RIGHT AND JUST…, FIRST PART: ON THE NATURE …, Ch. II, ARTICLE II: ON USE AND USUFRUCT, nn. ¶675, ¶676, ¶677, ¶678 & ¶679 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)
Summa Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, First Part: On Justice in …, Ch. II, Question Two: On the Species of Right, n. 162 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. VIII, Pt. I, Ch. II, Article II. On the Species of Right which is Called Use or Usufruct, nn. 398, 399 & 399, Q. 2 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium
Diss. I, Chapter IV — On dominion, and its division, and the partition of goods, n. IV — IV. Useful dominion is the right of using and enjoying another's thing, the substance of the same being preserved. One right is called the use of right, another the use of fact. But the use of fact is not a right, but th… Read in context →
Treated under the broader heading Limited Ownership: Usufruct, Use, Servitude, Possession — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)