a. and sb. [ad. L. frūctuāri-us, f. frūctus FRUIT: see -ARY.]
A. adj. in Roman Law. Of or belonging to usufruct; usufructuary. Only in fructuary stipulation.
1875. Poste, Gaius, IV. § 166. Provided that he gives his opponent security by the fructuary stipulation.
† B. sb. Obs.
1. One who enjoys the fruits or profits (of something); a usufructuary.
1643. Prynne, Sov. Power Parl., App. 168. A fructuary can dispose or give the profits at his pleasure.
1687. Dr. T. Smith, in Magd. Coll. & Jas. II. (Oxf. Hist. Soc.), 162. We shall look over the evidences of the Estates of the College, of which we are but the fructuaries.
2. Something enjoyed by usufruct. rare1.
1651. W. G., trans. Cowels Inst., 63. In fructuaries and in those things whereof we have the use but not the property.