Usufruct

The right to take the fruits of another’s thing, its substance preserved: how usufruct is acquired, the rights and burdens of usufructuary and owner, how it ceases.

The works themselves ask 13 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.

Also asked about as…

life interest · right to the income of property · using property that belongs to someone else (ed.)

In the index as Usufruct · Son of a Family · Spouse · Alienation · Minor · Ownership · Restitution · Usufructuary · Wife · Adoption · Adult · Dominion · Dowry · Election · Emancipation · Fruits · Goods · Inventory · Long lease of land (emphyteusis) · Parents · Possession · Regimen · Servitude · Society

In the manuals

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Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Ludovicus Wouters, C.SS.R. — 4 passages

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § I, Point II, I. On Usufruct, nn. 767, 768, 769 & 770 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Gennaro Bucceroni, S.J. — 9 passages

Vol. I, On the Fourth Precept of t…, I. Obligations of Children Toward Parents, nn. 667 & 670 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, On the Fourth Precept of t…, III. Obligations of Spouses, n. 677 — What are the rights and obligations of spouses concerning goods? - If Natural Law is considered, marital society does not prevent both husband and wife from retaining ownership, usufruct, and administration even of goods… Read in context →

Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, I. On Justice Considered Generally, nn. 843, 845, 846, 847, 848 & 849 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.

Jean-Pierre Gury, S.J.; notes by Antonio Ballerini, S.J. — 4 passages

Vol. I, Treatise on Justice and Ri…, First Part. On the Nature …, Ch. II, Article II. On Use and Usufruct, n. 594 (4 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Adolphe Tanquerey, S.S. — 5 passages

Vol. III, Contracts, and the Obligat…, On the Virtue of Justice (…, Part I — Chapter I: On the Existence of Right, nn. 124, 125, 126, 127 & 128 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 38 passages

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, First Part: On Justice in …, Ch. II, Question Two: On the Species of Right, nn. 161, 164 & 165 (38 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Aloysius Sabetti, S.J., and Timothy Barrett, S.J. — 3 passages

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

Daniele Concina, O.P.

Diss. I, Chapter IV — On dominion, and its division, and the partition of goods, n. V — V. QUESTION II. What are the fruits which a usufructuary may enjoy, and what ought he to furnish? ANSWER. Whatever bears fruit, and can be perceived from it, is comprehended under the name of fruit. The usufructuary does… Read in context →

Treated under the broader heading Limited Ownership: Usufruct, Use, Servitude, Possession — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology — this work does not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so its treatment stands one heading up (ed.)