DEBITUM FRUCTUUM

debitum  fructuum  (deb-i-t<<schwa>>m  fr<<schwa>>k-choo-<<schwa>>m).  [Law  Latin]

Hist. A debt upon the  fruits; that is, a  debt from the  fruit of the land,  not from  the land itself. •

Tithes, for example, were usu. payable debitum fructuum. [Blacks Law 8th]