Usufruct

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A will may, for example, specify that the testator bequeaths his immovable property (for instance his residential property) in equal shares to his two children, subject to a lifelong usufruct in favour of his wife.

Choose the words in your will carefully, especially when bequeathing property to more than one heir

The Hart v Hart case considers usufruct or right of his wife to use the property the husband left to his sons

Karel Kogler