nuda proprietas

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnuː.da prɔˈpri.ɛ.taːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnuː.d̪a proˈpriː.e.t̪as]

nūda proprietās f sg (genitive nūdae proprietātis); third declension

1. (property law) Abstract ownership without right of use, (literally) bare ownership.
   • c. 160 CE, Gaius, Institutiones 2.30:

     Nam dominus proprietatis alii usumfructum in iure cedere potest, ut ille usumfructum habeat et ipse nudam proprietatem retineat.

     For by right the owner of a property can cede its usufruct to another, so that the latter shall have the usufruct and he himself shall retain bare ownership.

First-declension adjective with a third-declension noun, singular only.