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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Congo
- English[The following] are of the domain of the law:
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• … the status [état] and the capacity of persons, the matrimonial regimes, inheritance and gifts;
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The law equally establishes the rules concerning:
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• the regime of property, of real rights and of civil and commercial obligations;
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• the regime of [the public] domain and [of] land use;
… (Art. 125) - FrenchSont du domaine de la loi
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- … l’état et la capacité des personnes, les régimes matrimoniaux, les successions et les libéralités;
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La loi fixe également les règles concernant:
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- le régime de la propriété, des droits réels et des obligations civiles et commerciales;
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- le régime domanial et foncier;
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Dominica
- English(1) Subject to the provisions of subsections (4), (5) and (7) of this section, no law shall make any provision that is discriminatory either of itself or in its effect.
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(3) In this section, the expression “discriminatory” means affording different treatment to different persons attributable wholly or mainly to their respective descriptions by sex, race, place of origin, political opinions, colour or creed whereby persons of one such description are subject to disabilities or restrictions to which persons of another such description are not made subject or are accorded privileges or advantages which are not accorded to persons of another such description.
(4) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to any law far as that law makes provision-
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(c) for the application, in the case of persons of any such description as is mentioned in subsection (3) of this section (or of persons connected with such persons) of the law with respect to adoption, marriage, divorce, burial, devolution of property on death or other like matters which is the personal law of persons of that description;
… (Sec. 13)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
France
- EnglishStatutes shall determine the rules concerning:
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- … matrimonial property systems, inheritance and gifts;
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Statutes shall also lay down the basic principles of:
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- systems of ownership, property rights and civil and commercial obligations;
… (1958 Constitution, Art. 34) - FrenchLa loi fixe les règles concernant:
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- … les régimes matrimoniaux, les successions et libéralités;
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La loi détermine les principes fondamentaux:
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- du régime de la propriété, des droits réels et des obligations civiles et commerciales;
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Lesotho
- EnglishLesotho shall adopt policies which encourage its citizens to acquire property including land, houses, tools and equipment; and shall take such other economic measures as the State shall consider affordable. (Sec. 34)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Eswatini
- English(1) A person has a right to own property either alone or in association with others.
… (Sec. 19)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Guatemala
- EnglishThe lands of the cooperatives, [the] indigenous communities or any other forms of communal or collective possession of agrarian ownership, as well as the family patrimony and the people's housing, will enjoy special protection of the State, [and] of preferential credit and technical assistance, which may guarantee their possession and development, in order to assure an improved quality of life to all of the inhabitants.
The indigenous communities and others that hold lands that historically belong to them and which they have traditionally administered in special form, will maintain that system. (Art. 67) - SpanishLas tierras de las cooperativas, comunidades indígenas o cualesquiera otras formas de tenencia comunal o colectiva de propiedad agraria, así como el patrimonio familiar y vivienda popular, gozarán de protección especial del Estado, de asistencia crediticia y de técnica preferencial, que garanticen su posesión y desarrollo, a fin de asegurar a todos los habitantes una mejor calidad de vida.
Las comunidades indígenas y otras que tengan tierras que históricamente les pertenecen y que tradicionalmente han administrado en forma especial, mantendrán ese sistema. (Art. 67)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Montenegro
- EnglishProperty rights shall be guaranteed.
… (Art. 58) - MontenegrinJemči se pravo svojine.
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Morocco
- EnglishThe right to property is guaranteed.
… (Art. 35) - Arabicيضمن القانون حقّ الملكية.
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Mexico
- EnglishThe Mexicans who have fought [militado] in the Constitutionalist Army, the children and widows of them, and the other persons who have rendered services to the cause of the Revolution or to the Public Instruction, will have preference for the acquisition of parcels [fracciones] of land to which Article 27 refers and right to the discounts that the law specifies. (Transitory Articles, Article Twelfth)
- SpanishLos mexicanos que hayan militado en el Ejército Constitucionalista, los hijos y viudas de éstos, y las demás personas que hayan prestado servicios a la causa de la Revolución o a la Instrucción Pública, tendrán preferencia para la adquisición de fracciones a que se refiere el artículo 27 y derecho a los descuentos que las leyes señalarán. (Artículos Transitorios, Artículo Decimosegundo)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
Iran, Islamic Republic of
- EnglishPrivate ownership, legitimately acquired, is to be respected. The relevant criteria are determined by law. (Art. 47)
- Persianمالکیت شخصی که از راه مشروع باشد محترم است. ضوابط آن را قانون معین میکند. (اصل 47)