Law. [a. L. emphyteuta, ad. Gr. ἐμφυτευτής in same sense, f. ἐμφυτεύ-ειν: see prec.] ‘A tenant of land which was subject to a fixed perpetual rent’ (Maine).
1708. in Kersey.
1721–1800. in Bailey.
1775. in Ash.
1875. Poste, Gaius, II. (ed. 2), 167. The proprietor had a reversion on failure of the heirs of the emphyteuta.
