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.