naked owner
bare owner

Unless otherwise provided in a will, a person's share of community property accedes to descendants as bare title holders ("naked owners"), however if that person has a living spouse, the latter will receive a usufruct in that portion of the estate until death or remarriage (La.

Louisiana does not have a forced heirship provision for spouses, however at death the spouse's interest in any community property is converted to his or her separate property; and a usufruct is granted over the remaining community (with the forced heirs as naked owners of their respective shares).

The bare owner has the right to dispose of the property fully and freely but does not have the right to use and enjoy it.

At the end of the usufruct or use, the bare owner acquires full ownership of the immovable property.