Law. Also 8 empheuteusis. [a. L. emphyteusis, a. Gr. ἐμφύτευσις of same meaning; lit. ‘implanting,’ f. ἐμφυτεύ-ειν to implant.] ‘A perpetual right in a piece of land that is the property of another’ (Stubbs).
a. 1618. Ralegh, in Gutch, Coll. Cur., I. 71. Emphyteusis is … a contract, whereby any moveable thing is granted, to be enjoyed under a certain rent, reserved to the grantor.
1818. Hallam, Mid. Ages (1841), I. i. 132. The usufruct or emphyteusis of the Roman code.
1875. Bryce, Holy Rom. Emp., viii. (ed. 5), 131. The divided ownership of feudal law found its analogies in the Roman tenure of emphyteusis.
1878. G. Marriott, trans. Laveleye’s Prim. Property, 51. An emphyteusis or hereditary lease.
