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Fructus

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Fruit; fruits.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat.

In the civil law. Fruit, fruits; produce; profit or increase; the organic productions of a thing. The right to the fruits of a thing belonging to another. The compensation which a man receives from another for the use or enjoyment of a thing, such as interest or rent. See Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 167; Inst. 2, 1, 35, 37; Dig. 7, 1, 33; Id. 5, 3, 29; Id. 22, 1, 34.

Fructus civiles. All revenues and recompenses which, though not Jruits, properly speaking, are recognized as such by the law. The term includes such things as the rents and income of reni property, interest on money loaned, and annuities. Civ. Co.de La. 1900, art. 545.

Fructus fundi. The fruits (produce or yield) of land.

Fructus industriales. Industrial fruits, or fruits of industry. Those fruits of a thing, as of land, which are produced by the labor and industry of the occupant, as crops of grain ; as distinguished from such as are produced solely by the powers of nature. Emblements are so called in the common law. 2 Steph. Comm. 258; 1 Chit. Gen. Pr. 92. Sparrow v. Pond, 49 Minn. 412, 52 N. W. 36, 16 L. It, A. 103, 32 Am. St. Rep. 571; Burner v. Piercy, 40 Md. 223, 17 Am. Rep. 591; Smock v. Smock, 37 Mo. App. 64,

Fructus naturales. Those products which are produced by the powers of nature alone; as wool, metals, milk, the young of animals. Sparrow v. Pond, 49 Minn. 412, 52 N. W. 36, 16 L. R. A. 103, 32 Am. St. Rep. 571.

Fructus peeudum. The produce or increase of flocks or herds.

Fructus pendentes. Hanging fruits; those not severed. The fruits united with the thing which produces them. These form a part of the principal thing.

Frnctns rei allenæ. The fruits of another's property; fruits taken from another's estate.

Fructus separati. Separate fruits; the fruits of a thing when they are separated from it. Dig. 7, 4, 13.

Fructus stantes. Standing fruits; those not yet severed from the stalk or stem. Fructus angent hæreditatem. The yearly increase goes to enchance the inheritance. Dig. 5, 3, 20, 3. Fructus pendentes pars fundi videntur. Hanging fruits make part of the land. Dig. 6, 1, 44; 2 Bouv. Inst no. 1578L Fructus perceptos villæ non esse constat. Gathered fruits do not make a part of the farm. Dig. 19, 1, 17, 1; 2 Bouv. Inst, no. 1578.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Lat.

In thecivil law. Fruit, fruits; produce; protit or increase; the organic productions of athing. Fructus fundi, the fruits of land. Fructus pecudum, the produce of flocks. The right tothe fruits of a thing belonging to another. The compensation which 2 man receives from another for the use or enjoyment of a thing, such asinterestorrent. See Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 167; Inst. 2, 1, 35, 37; Dig. 7, 1, 33; Id. 5, 3, 29; Id. 22, 1, 34. Fructus augent hreditatem. The yearly inerease goes to enchance the inheritance. Dig. 5, 3, 20, 3.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

Lat. Fruit; fruits. Fructus rei alienae: the fruits of another's property — expenses, profits, rents. Fructus industriales: the fruits of industry, emblements; as crops of grain, etc., distinguished from fructus naturales: the natural products of the soil or increase of animals, like the fruit of trees, wool, etc. Fructus pendentes: hanging fruits, things not severed from the land, as distinguished from fructus separati. Fructuum perceptio: the rightful taking of the produce of property by a person not the owner of the property; one of the methods of acquiring property with an act of possession.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat.

In the civil law. Fruit, fruits; produce; profit or increase; the organic productions of a thing. 1 Mackeld. Civ, Law, 166, § 154. Fruetus fundi; the fruits of land. Inst, 2. 1. 85. Fruetus pecudum; the produce of flocks. Inst. 2. 1. 37. The right to the fruits of a thing belonging to another. Big. 7. 1. 83. The compensation which a man receives from another for the use or enjoyment of c^ thing, such as interest or rent. Dig, 5.3.29. Id, 22. 1. 34. 1 Mackeld. Civ. Law, uh. s%ip,