Which is the right to the use and fruits of another's property?

• A. Right of habitation
• B. Right of use
• C. Right of usufruct
• D. License

Answer: (C)

Usufruct is a real right that lets someone use a property owned by another and to enjoy the fruits it produces, without owning the property itself. The person with the usufruct can occupy or use the asset and collect its natural or civil fruits (like crops, rents, or profits), but must preserve the substance of the property for the owner. Ownership remains with the original owner, and the usufruct ends after a set time or at death, at which point full rights return.

This concept fits the description because it explicitly covers both use and the fruits derived from the property, while leaving ownership with the original owner. The other rights don’t match: a right of habitation allows living there but not taking the property’s fruits; the right of use covers using the property but not its fruits; a license is only a revocable permission to use and does not create a lasting real right.