Definitions For Emphyteusis

Noun

{{en-noun, ?}} (legal) 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

Usage notes

In the Province of Québec this is a right occasionally given to people maintaining government property for periods between 10 and 100 years at a time.

Related terms

emphyteuta emphyteutic

Translations

Danish: forpagtning, c Dutch: erfpacht, f French: emphytéose, f German: Erbpacht, f Italian: enfiteusi, f Polish: emfiteuza Portuguese: enfiteuse, f, aforamento, m Spanish: enfiteusis, f

Etymology

From Latin emphyteusis}}, from {{der, en, grc, ἐμφύτευσις ("tenure of a type of leasehold").

Is Emphyteusis a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
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The word Emphyteusis is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends

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