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Article 572. The usufructuary may personally

enjoy the thing in usufruct, lease it to another,

or alienate his right of usufruct, even by a

gratuitous title; but all the contracts he may

enter into as such usufructuary shall terminate

upon the expiration of the usufruct, saving

leases of rural lands, which shall be considered

as subsisting during the agricultural year. (480)

Article 573. Whenever the usufruct includes

things which, without being consumed,

gradually deteriorate through wear and tear,

the usufructuary shall have the right to make

use thereof in accordance with the purpose for

which they are intended, and shall not be

obliged to return them at the termination of the

usufruct except in their condition at that time;

but he shall be obliged to indemnify the owner

for any deterioration they may have suffered by

reason of his fraud or negligence. (481)