State Act

Portuguese Civil Code, 1867

Article 1601 – Letting of assets from dowry, usufruct or in fideicommissum - The administrations of the properties under dotal regime and of lifetime usufruct or fideicommissaries may grant tenancy for the period they like; but when the lease still subsists even when the administration of the dowry, the usufruct or the fideicommissum ends, the life of tenancy will end with them. § Sole paragraph - The usufructuary for a limited period is not entitled to grant the tenancy beyond the period of the usufruct, however, if he does so, on this count the tenancy will not be fully void in totality but only as regards the time it exceeds the duration of the usufruct.