Meanings
nounprofit à prendre (plural profits à prendre)
plural profits à prendre · alternative profit a prendre · alternative profit-à-prendre
- lawA 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.
Origin
- Law Frenchprofit à prendre“profit to be taken”
- Englishprofit à prendre
Learned borrowing from Law French profit à prendre (“profit to be taken”).
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