See Also: emphyteusis(medicine)
emphyteusis(dictionary)

emphyteusis (iou)



emphyteusis noun. . L16.
[Late Latin from Greek emphuteusis lit. 'implanting', from emphuteuein to implant, formed as EM-2 + phuteuein to plant, from phuton plant: see -PHYTE.]
In Roman law and many civil law jurisdictions: a long-term or perpetual lease, heritable and alienable; tenure under such a lease.
emphyteutic adjective of the nature of or held by emphyteusis M17.