Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
au décès du vendeur
English translation:
on the vendor's/seller's death
French term
au décès du vendeur
| 4 +5 | on the vendors's/seller's death |
AllegroTrans
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| 3 | ........ the usufruct at the vendor´s death |
Ellen Kraus
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Feb 7, 2017 19:50: Rachel Fell changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Feb 8, 2017 20:02: AllegroTrans Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (3): writeaway, AllegroTrans, Rachel Fell
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Proposed translations
United Kingdom
Sensible solutions
Native in: English (Variant: Wessexois) 
Works in: French to English, English, English to French
on the vendors's/seller's death
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Note added at 26 mins (2017-02-07 19:42:37 GMT)
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sorry typo: vendor's
| Ah yes, misunderstood it. Writeaway, from a foreign language, the preposition confused me then |
| In reality, 'au' confused me, did not think of it like that, so simple, thanks |
| Completely misunderstood-so simple-confused 'au' with 'ou'-tired probably, that's why it did not make sense. Thanks all |
Austria
more than thirty years of experience
Native in: German 
Works in: Greek to German, English to German, Greek to English, and 5 more.
........ the usufruct at the vendor´s death
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Note added at 2 Stunden (2017-02-07 21:20:41 GMT)
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"At" his death X owned real estate worth ....,
"at" their death they bequeathed their entire fortune
"At the death" of Jesse James, .... Even dictionaries like Dict.cc translate the term by using the preposition "at" rather than on.
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writeaway
: at?
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I fully agree that certain verbs such as prevent, congratulate etc. require specific prepositions. But "AT his death" at least in AE is no longer considered wrong. I´ve found numerous examples for "at" his death and even dictionaries like dict.cc trans
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B D Finch
: You write ""enjoyment" ... is by far less common than usufruct"; well, actually it isn't, but it's a different word, with a different meaning!// Introducing a 3rd language can confuse rather than clarify "Usufruct" is more specific than just "enjoyment"
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Unlike you, I am aware of the fact that certain dictionaries offer "enjoyment AND usufruct" as English counterparts of the German word "Nutznießung" and unlike many peers I am reluctant to criticize unless absolutely necessary.
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Daryo
: "enjoyment" wasn't part of the question so no point disagreeing BUT "enjoyment" and "usufruit/usufruct" are DIFFERENT concepts whatever one dictionary says or whichever is more or less used // ghits [on their own] are NOT proof of anything!
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I am sorry to say your comments are entirely unnecessary. I am not a greenhorn or in other words: I definitely know the difference between the two words. All I wanted to explain was the reason for the asker`s having chosen the term enjoyment.
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