emphyteusis
/ɛmfɪˈtjuːsɪs/
emphyteusis noun: 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.
Noun
emphyteusis (plural emphyteuses)
- 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
Forms of emphyteusis
| plural | emphyteuses |
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Origin of emphyteusis
From Latin emphyteusis, from Ancient Greek ἐμφύτευσις (emphúteusis, “tenure of a type of leasehold”).
Questions about emphyteusis
- What does emphyteusis mean?
- Emphyteusis means 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.
- What part of speech is emphyteusis?
- Emphyteusis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce emphyteusis?
- Emphyteusis is pronounced /ɛmfɪˈtjuːsɪs/.
- What is the plural of emphyteusis?
- The plural of emphyteusis is emphyteuses.
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