DISMEMBERMENTS OF OWNERSHIP
dismemberments of ownership.Civil law. The three elements composing the right of
ownership, namely, the usus, the fructus, and the abusus. • The right of ownership may be
dismembered and its components conveyed in the form of independent real rights, such as the
right of use, the right of usufruct, and the right of security. See ABUSUS; FRUCTUS; USUS. [Blacks Law 8th]