(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1990) Bezuidenhout, Coenraad Petrus; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Law. Dept. of Private Law.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Usufruct is the oldest and most familiar personal servitude received into South African jurisprudence via Roman and Roman-Dutch law. In terms of usufruct the naked ownership of a property is granted to a certain person (the naked owner) while the competency to enjoy the use (usus) and fruits (fructus) of the property is conveyed to the usufructuary. The social function of usufruct is to provide the usufructuary with subsistence and simultaneously preserve important family assets within the family.