superficiario

surface rights holder

noun soo-pehr-fee-CHAH-ryoh Rare

Origin: From Latin superficies (surface) + -ario, a legal agent suffix

Also means

superficiary

Usage Note

Superficiario is a civil-law legal term referring to the person who holds a diritto di superficie — the right to build on and own a structure on land owned by someone else, without owning the land itself. The institution comes from Roman law and is codified in the Italian Codice Civile (arts. 952–956). The feminine form is superficiaria. It is exclusively a technical legal term.

Examples

"Il superficiario può costruire sul terreno altrui."

Natural Translation

The surface rights holder may build on another's land.

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