ˌem(p)fəˈtüsə̇s, -fə.ˈtyü- noun
( plural emphyteuses -üˌsēz)
Etymology: Late Latin, from Late Greek, from Greek emphyteuein to implant (from em- en- (II) + phyteuein to plant, from phyton plant) + -sis — more at phyt-
: a Roman and civil law contract by which a grant is made of a right either perpetual or for a long period to the possession and enjoyment of originally agricultural land subject to the keeping of the land in cultivation or from depreciation, the payment of a fixed annual rent, and some other conditions ; also : the heritable and alienable right so granted or the tenure by which it is held