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Superficiarius

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

Lat. In the civil law. He who has built upon the soil of another, which he has hired for a number of years or forever, yielding a yearly rent.

Dig. 48, 18, 1.

In other words, a tenant on ground-rent.