dismemberments of ownership
dismemberments of ownership. Civil law. The three elements composing the right of ownership, namely, the usus, the fructus, and the abusus. • The right of ownership may be dismembered and its components conveyed in the form of independent real rights, such as the right of use, the right of usufruct, and the right of security. See ABUSUS; FRUCTUS; USUS.