usufructuary /ˌjuːz(j)ʊˈfɹʌkt͡ʃʊˌəɹi/adjective 1noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •Of or pertaining to a usufruct.By this longobard Law the Tenant had only a usufructuary possession of the Fee, the Lord reserving the propriety or Dominum directum to himself. — 1657 noun1 •A person who holds property, or the use of assets, by usufruct; a fructuary.Marx had written that human societies are not the owners but the usufructuaries of the land they inhabit, and are in duty bound to hand it on to posterity in an improved and not a wasted condition. — 1978 formsusufructuaries