emphyteuses

Noun

emphyteusis (plural emphyteuses)

1. A right to enjoyment of property with a given stipulation that the property will be improved or maintained in an agreed upon manner; long leasehold
   • The term “emphyteusis” first appeared late in the twelfth century. It remained a rather artificial term, appearing in official documents but rare in leases themselves until the later thirteenth century. It clearly meant a long-term lease but lawyers expended a certain amount of energy trying to...1991, Paul Freedman, The Origins of Peasant Servitude in Medieval Catalonia, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 147