emphyteusis
/ɛmfɪˈtjuːsɪs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
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
Example Sentences
- "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 relate emphyteusis to other categories of usufruct (ius in re aliena). Opinion divided, broadly speaking, between those who regarded emphyteusis as resembling normal establishments of peasants by lease, and those who saw an emphyteutic tenure as a sort of fief."
Etymology
From Latin emphyteusis, from Ancient Greek ἐμφύτευσις (emphúteusis, “tenure of a type of leasehold”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: emphyteusis, ἐμφύτευσις
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Law.