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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishWHEREAS the People of Antigua and Barbuda-
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e. desire to establish a framework of supreme law within which to guarantee their inalienable human rights and freedoms, among them, the rights to liberty, property, security and legal redress of grievances ... subject only to the public interest:
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English[The following] are of the domain of the law:
The rules concerning the following matters:
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– … the status and the capacity of persons, the matrimonial regimes, inheritance and gifts;
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The fundamental principles:
– of the regime of property [and] of civil and commercial rights and obligations;
… (Art. 80) - FrenchSont du domaine de la loi:
Les règles relatives aux matières suivantes:
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- … l’état et la capacité des personnes, les régimes matrimoniaux, les successions et les libéralités;
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Les principes fondamentaux:
- Du régime de la propriété, des droits et des obligations civiles et commerciaux;
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishLand in the cities is owned by the state.
Land in the rural and suburban areas is owned by collectives except for those portions which belong to the state in accordance with the law; house sites and private plots of cropland and hilly land are also owned by collectives.
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No organization or individual may appropriate, buy, sell or otherwise engage in the transfer of land by unlawful means. The right to the use of land may be transferred according to law.
All organizations and individuals who use land must make rational use of the land. (Art. 10) - Chinese城市的土地属于国家所有。
农村和城市郊区的土地,除由法律规定属于国家所有的以外,属于集体所有;宅基地和自留地、自留山,也属于集体所有。
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任何组织或者个人不得侵占、买卖或者以其他形式非法转让土地。土地的使用权可以依照法律的规定转让。
一切使用土地的组织和个人必须合理地利用土地。(第十条)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe right of ownership shall be guaranteed.
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The right of inheritance shall be guaranteed. (Art. 48) - CroatianJamči se pravo vlasništva.
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Jamči se pravo nasljeđivanja. (Članak 48)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe State recognizes, protects and guarantees individual and communitarian or collective property of land, as long as it fulfills a social purpose or social economic purposes, as the case may be. (Art. 393)
- SpanishEl Estado reconoce, protege y garantiza la propiedad individual y comunitaria o colectiva de la tierra, en tanto cumpla una función social o una función económica social, según corresponda. (Art. 393)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe laws establishes the rules concerning:
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- … the regime of property and of inheritance and of the law of obligations;
… (Art. 56) - Arabicترسي القوانين القواعد المتعلقة:
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- ... بنظام الملكية والإرث وقانون الواجبات؛
... (المادة 56) - FrenchLa loi fixe les règles relatives:
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- … au régime de la propriété et des successions et au droit des obligations;
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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Private property shall be recognised and protected by the law, which shall determine how it can be acquired, enjoyed and restrained so as to ensure its social function and render it accessible to all.
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The law shall regulate and limit testate and intestate succession rights and the rights of the State in matters of inheritance. (Art. 42) - Italian
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La proprietà privata è riconosciuta e garantita dalla legge, che ne determina i modi di acquisto, di godimento e i limiti allo scopo di assicurarne la funzione sociale e di renderla accessibile a tutti.
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La legge stabilisce le norme ed i limiti della successione legittima e testamentaria e i diritti dello Stato sulle eredità. (Art. 42)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe guarantee in this Charter10 of certain rights and freedoms shall not be construed so as to abrogate or derogate from any aboriginal, treaty or other rights or freedoms that pertain to the aboriginal peoples of Canada including
(a) any rights or freedoms that have been recognized by the Royal Proclamation of October 7, 1763; and
(b) any rights or freedoms that now exist by way of land claims agreements or may be so acquired. (Constitution Act 1982, Sec. 25) - FrenchLe fait que la présente charte garantit certains droits et libertés ne porte pas atteinte aux droits ou libertés — ancestraux, issus de traités ou autres — des peoples autochtones du Canada, notamment:
a) aux droits ou libertés reconnus par la proclamation royale du 7 octobre 1763;
b) aux droits ou libertés existants issus d’accords sur des revendications territoriales ou ceux susceptibles d’être ainsi acquis. (Loi constitutionnelle de 1982, Sec. 25)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishLand, that is to say, rights in or over land, land tenures including the relation of landlord and tenant, and the collection of rents; transfer and alienation of agricultural land; land improvement and agricultural loans; colonization. (Seventh Schedule: List II – State List, Art. 18)
- Hindiभूमि, अर्थात भूमि, भूमालिक तथा किरायेदार के संबंध सहित भूमि पर अधिकार की भूमि, अर्थात भूमि, भूमालिक तथा किरायेदार के संबंध सहित भूमि पर अधिकार की अवधि, और किराये का एकत्रीकरण; कृषि भूमि का अंतरण और इसे अलग करना; भूमि सुधार और कृषि ऋण; उपनिवेशन। (सातवीं अनुसूची: सूची II – राज्य सूची, अनुच्छेद 18)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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(4) The provisions of this Chapter12 on equality shall be qualified to the extent strictly necessary for the application of Muslim law before the Kadhis’ courts, to persons who profess the Muslim religion, in matters relating to personal status, marriage, divorce and inheritance.
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(4) Vifungu katika Sura hii kwa usawa vitatumika kwa kiwango ambacho ni lazima kabisa kutumia sharia ya Kiislamu mbele ya mahakama za Kadhi, kwa watu ambao ni waumini wa dini ya Kiisilamu, katika maswala yanayohusu hadhi binafsi, ndoa, talaka na urithi.
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