IN FRUCTU

in fructu (in fr<<schwa>>k-t[y]oo). [Latin] Hist. Among the fruit. • A bona fide possessor owned the fruits of the subject possessed but not the subject itself because the subject was not in fructu. For example, a person who possessed but did not own a goat was entitled to the goat’s milk, wool, and offspring, but not the goat’s meat.

[Blacks Law 8th]