FRUIT

fruit. 1. The produce or product of something (as of land or property).2.Civil law. Income or

goods derived or produced from property without a diminution of the property’s inherent value.

civil fruit.Civil law. Revenue derived from a thing by operation of law or by reason of a

juridical act, such as lease or interest payments, or certain corporate distributions. La. Civ. Code

art. 551. See FRUCTUS CIVILES.

natural fruit.Civil law. A product of the land or of animals. • Examples are crops and eggs. La.

Civ. Code art. 2317. See FRUCTUS NATURALES.

3. Something (such as evidence) obtained during an activity or operation <the fruit of the

officer’s search>. See FRUIT-OF-THE-POISONOUS-TREE DOCTRINE.[Blacks Law 8th]