profit à prendre

profit a prendre
profit a pren·dre or profit à prendre /'prä-fət-ä-'prän-dər/ n pl profits à prendre or profits à prendre [Anglo-French, literally, profit to be taken]: a right, privilege, or interest that allows one to use the soil or products (as fish and game) of another's property

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

profit à prendre
a right to take something from the land of another (for example, a right of pasture or sheepwalk). This can be contrasted with an easement, which is a right to do something on the land of another.

Collins dictionary of law. . 2001.


profit a prendre
(French: Right of taking.)
The right of persons to share in the land owned by another.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


profit a prendre
[French, Right of taking.] The right of persons to share in the land owned by another.

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  • Profit (real estate) — A profit (short for profit à prendre in Middle French for right of taking ), in the law of real estate, is a nonpossessory interest in land similar to the better known easement, which gives the holder the right to take natural resources such as… …   Wikipedia

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