Emphyteusis (Gr., 'implanting'), in Roman law, a perpetual right in a piece of land, for which a yearly sum was paid to the proprietor. It much resembled a feudal holding. See FEU, FEUDALISM.
Emphyteusis
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 331
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