EMPHYTEUSIS

EMPHYTEUSIS emphyteusis (em-fi-t[y]oo-sis), n. [Greek ¡°implanting¡±] Greek, Roman & civil law. A contract by which one person delivered to another (the emphyteuta) a tract of land, either in perpetuity or for a long period of time, in exchange for the obligation to cultivate the land and to pay annual rental. ? In Roman law, the […]