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Article 329
De l'Usufruit
Titre XIII:
De l'Usufruit, de l'Usage et de l'Habitation
(On Usufruct, Use, and Habitation)
Chapitre I:
De l'Usufruit
(On Usufruct)
L'Usufruit qui n'est pas accordé en faveur des particuliers, ne peut durer que vingt ans.
Life lesson:
Usufruct granted to entities — not individuals — has a ceiling of twenty years. Institutions cannot hold what nature intended to be temporary.
Notes:
Non-individual usufruct (e.g., corporate, institutional): maximum duration of 20 years. Prevents perpetual encumbrances by entities. Cf. Code Napoléon Art. 619.