noun
civil fruits; legal fruits
Legal term for income or proceeds derived from property by operation of law, such as rent or interest, as opposed to natural fruits (天然果実).
法定果実には、家賃や利息などが含まれる。
Civil fruits include things like rent and interest.
天然果実 refers to natural fruits (products of nature like crops or offspring of animals), while 法定果実 refers to legal fruits (income derived from property by legal right).
Compound of 法定 (legal, statutory) and 果実 (fruit, proceeds), used as a technical term in Japanese civil law.