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Article 618 of the French Civil Code

The usufruct may also cease through the abuse that the usufructuary makes of his enjoyment, either by committing damage to the land, or by allowing it to decay for lack of maintenance.

The creditors of the usufructuary may intervene in disputes to preserve their rights; they may offer reparation for damage committed and guarantees for the future.

Judges may, depending on the seriousness of the circumstances, either pronounce the absolute extinction of the usufruct, or only order the return of the owner to the enjoyment of the object encumbered by it, subject to the obligation to pay annually to the usufructuary, or to his successors in title, a specified sum, until the time when the usufruct should have ceased.

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Article 618

L’usufruit peut aussi cesser par l’abus que l’usufruitier fait de sa jouissance, soit en commettant des dégradations sur le fonds, soit en le laissant dépérir faute d’entretien.

Les créanciers de l’usufruitier peuvent intervenir dans les contestations pour la conservation de leurs droits ; ils peuvent offrir la réparation des dégradations commises et des garanties pour l’avenir.

Les juges peuvent, suivant la gravité des circonstances, ou prononcer l’extinction absolue de l’usufruit, ou n’ordonner la rentrée du propriétaire dans la jouissance de l’objet qui en est grevé, que sous la charge de payer annuellement à l’usufruitier, ou à ses ayants cause, une somme déterminée, jusqu’à l’instant où l’usufruit aurait dû cesser.

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