The story
- Law French · learned borrowing fromprofit à prendre“profit to be taken”
- English todayprofit à prendre
Learned borrowing from Law French profit à prendre (“profit to be taken”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
profit à prendre
Today it means: A nonpossessory interest in land which grants the legal right to enter onto another person's real property (real estate) for the purpose of taking from its soil, mines and minerals, natural produce or flora and fauna. Full definition →
Law French profit à prendre