Emblements — also known as fructus industriales — are crops cultivated through labor. Emblements are considered personal property, though they may transfer with the sale of a property.
Tenants who grow crops on land are entitled to a portion, or all of the emblements. The law of emblements ensures that tenants have the right to use, consume, sale, transfer, or otherwise do as they please with the “fruits of their labor”. A tenant and/or a tenant’s family are still entitled to emblements in the event that a tenant’s lease expires prior to the harvest of the crops; an estate is terminated; or the cultivator dies, resulting in forfeiture of the property. The production of these crops are done so on a yearly basis.
Such crops include the following:
Wheat
Corn
Potatoes
Barley
Field Vegetables
Rye
Oats
The term Fructus derives from the Roman era.
