Of Property, and the Different Modifications of Property Decreed the 25th of January, 1804. Of Usufruct, Right of Common, and of Habitation. Decreed the 30th of January, 1804. Promulgated the 9th of February. Usufruct is the right of enjoying things of which the property is in another, in the same manner as the proprietor himself, but on condition of preserving them substantially.
Usufruct is established by the law, or by the consent of man.
Usufruct may be established either simply, or to a certain day, or conditionally. It may be established over every species of property, moveable or immoveable. The usufructuary has a right to the enjoyment of every species of benefit, whether natural, or artificial or civil, which the object of usufruct is capable of producing. Natural benefits are those which the earth produces spontaneously. The production and increase of animals are also natural fruits.