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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1. Property, of the community as well as of the private person, shall fulfill a social function. Everyone has the right to undisturbed enjoyment of his property subject to the limitations which stem from the law.
… (Art. 34) - Dutch1. Eigendom, zowel van de gemeenschap als van het individu, vervult een maatschappelijke functie. Een ieder heeft het recht op ongestoord genot van zijn eigendom behoudens de beperkingen die uit het recht voortvloeien.
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
(1) Everyone has the right to own property. The ownership right of all owners has the same legal content and protection.
… (Art. 20) - Slovak
(1) Kaţdý má právo vlastniť majetok. Vlastnícke právo všetkých vlastníkov má rovnaký zákonný obsah a ochranu.
... (Čl. 20)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe institution of chieftaincy—
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b. has capacity to hold property in trust for its subjects. (Art. 166)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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4. Civil and criminal law and procedure and the administration of justice, including—
(a) constitution and organization of all courts other than Syariah Courts;
(b) jurisdiction and powers of all such courts;
(c) remuneration and other privileges of the judges and officers presiding over such courts;
(d) persons entitled to practise before such courts; (e) subject to paragraph (ii), the following:
(i) contract; partnership, agency and other special contracts; master and servant; inns and inn-keepers; actionable wrongs; property and its transfer and hypothecation, except land; bona vacantia; equity and trusts; marriage, divorce and legitimacy; married women’s property and status; interpretation of federal law; negotiable instruments; statutory declarations; arbitration; mercantile law; registration of businesses and business names; age of majority; infants and minors; adoption; succession, testate and intestate; probate and letters of administration; bankruptcy and insolvency; oaths and affirmations; limitation; reciprocal enforcement of judgments and orders; the law of evidence;
(ii) the matters mentioned in paragraph (i) do not include Islamic personal law relating to marriage, divorce, guardianship, maintenance, adoption, legitimacy, family law, gifts or succession, testate and intestate;
… (Ninth Schedule, Legislative Lists, List I—Federal List, [Articles 74, 77]) - Malay…
4. Undang-undang dan tatacara sivil dan jenayah dan pentadbiran keadilan, termasuk—
(a) Keanggotaan dan susunan semua mahkamah selain Mahkamah Syariah;
(b) Bidang kuasa dan kuasa semua mahkamah itu;
(c) Saraan dan keistemewaan lain hakim dan pegawai yang mengetuai mahkamah itu;
(d) Orang yang berhak menjalankan amalan di hadapan mahkamah itu;
(e) Tertakluk kepada perenggan (ii), perkara yang berikut:
(i) Kontrak; perkongsian, agensi dan kontrak khas yang lain; majikan dan perkhidmat; rumah inapan dan tuan rumah inapan; perbuatan salah boleh dakwa; harta dan pindah hakmiliknya serta hipotekasinya, kecuali tanah; bona vacantia; ekuiti dan amanah; perkahwinan, perceraian dan kesahtarafan; harta dan taraf perempuan bersuami; pentafsiran undang-undang persekutuan; surat cara boleh niaga; akuan berkanun; timbang tara; undang-undang persaudagaran; pendaftaran perniagaan dan nama perniagaan; umur dewasa; budak-budak dan orang belum dewasa; pengangkutan; pewarisan, berwasiat dan tidak berwasiat; probet dan surat kuasa mentadbir; kebankrapan dan ketidakmampuan bayar; sumpah dan ikrar; batasan; penguatkuasaan bersaling penghakiman dan perintah; undang-undang keterangan;
(ii) perkara yang disebut dalam perenggan (i) tidak termasuk undang-undang diri Islam yang berhubungan dengan perkahwinan, perceraian, penjagaan, nafkah, pengangkatan, kesahtarafan, undang-undang keluarga, alang atau pewarisan, berwasiat dan tidak berwasiat;
… (Jadual Kesembilan,Senarai Perundangan, Senarai I—Senarai Persekutuan, [Perkara 74, 77])
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
I. Everyone has the right to property.
II. No form or kind of property shall have any advantage. The property right, including the private property right, is protected by law.
III. Every individual may possess moveable and immoveable property. The property right consists of the owner's right to possess, use and dispose of the property, individually or jointly.
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V. Private property shall entail social responsibility.
VI. Land ownership may be restricted by law due to social justice and for efficient use of the land.
VII. The State secures the right of succession. (Art. 29) - Azerbaijani
I. Hər kəsin mülkiyyət hüququ vardır.
II. Mülkiyyətin heç bir növünə üstünlük verilmir. Mülkiyyət hüququ, o cümlədən xüsusi mülkiyyət hüququ qanunla qorunur.
III. Hər kəsin mülkiyyətində daşınar və daşınmaz əmlak ola bilər. Mülkiyyət hüququ mülkiyyətçinin təkbaşına və ya başqaları ilə birlikdə əmlaka sahib olmaq, əmlakdan istifadə etmək və onun barəsində sərəncam vermək hüquqlarından ibarətdir.
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V. Xüsusi mülkiyyət sosial öhdəliklərə səbəb olur.
VI. Sosial ədalət və torpaqlardan səmərəli istifadə məqsədi ilə torpaq üzərində mülkiyyət hüququ qanunla məhdudlaşdırıla bilər.
VII. Dövlət vərəsəlik hüququna təminat verir. (Maddə 29)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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(3) The jurisdiction of the Traditional Rights Court shall be limited to the determination of questions relating to titles or to land rights4 or to other legal interests depending wholly or partly on customary law5 and traditional practice in the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
… (Art. VI, Sec. 4)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishCongress is empowered:
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17.- To recognize the ethnic and cultural pre-existence of indigenous peoples of Argentina.
To guarantee respect for the identity and the right to bilingual and intercultural education; to recognize the legal capacity of their communities, and the community possession and ownership of the lands they traditionally occupy; and to regulate the granting of other lands adequate and sufficient for human development; none of them shall be sold, transmitted or subject to liens or attachments. To guarantee their participation in issues related to their natural resources and in other interests affecting them. The provinces may jointly exercise these powers.
… (Sec. 75) - SpanishCorresponde al Congreso:
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17. Reconocer la preexistencia étnica y cultural de los pueblos indígenas argentinos.
Garantizar el respeto a su identidad y el derecho a una educación bilingüe e intercultural; reconocer la personería jurídica de sus comunidades, y la posesión y propiedad comunitarias de las tierras que tradicionalmente ocupan; y regular la entrega de otras aptas y suficientes para el desarrollo humano; ninguna de ellas será enajenable, transmisible ni susceptible de gravámenes o embargos. Asegurar su participación en la gestión referida a sus recursos naturales y a los demás intereses que los afecten. Las provincias pueden ejercer concurrentemente estas atribuciones.
... (Art. 75)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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(5) The State shall once provide land to the landless Dalit in accordance with law.
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(7) The facilities conferred by this Article to the Dalit community must be distributed in a just manner so that the Dalit women, men and Dalit in all communities can obtain such facilities proportionately. (Art. 40) - Nepali…
(५) राज्यले भूमिहीन दलितलाई कानून बमोजिम एक पटक जमीन उपलब्ध गराउनु पर्नेछ ।
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(७) दलित समुदायलाई यस धाराद्वारा प्रदत्त सुविधा दलित महिला, पुरुष र सबै समुदायमा रहेका दलितले समानुपातिक रूपमा प्राप्त गर्ने गरी न्यायोचित वितरण गर्नु पर्नेछ । (धारा ४०)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe right to hold or acquire a perpetual interest in land shall vest in any person who is a Solomon Islander and only in such other person or persons as may be prescribed by Parliament. (Sec. 110)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishI. The new limits of zoned agrarian property shall be applied to pieces of land that have been acquired after this Constitution enters into force. For purposes of the non retroactivity of the law, the rights of possession and agrarian property are recognized and respected in accordance with the law.
… (Art. 399) - SpanishI. Los nuevos límites de la propiedad agraria zonificada se aplicarán a predios que se hayan adquirido con posterioridad a la vigencia de esta Constitución. A los efectos de la irretroactividad de la Ley, se reconocen y respetan los derechos de posesión y propiedad agraria de acuerdo a Ley.
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