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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
The right to transmit one’s assets by inheritance or gift is recognized conforming to the laws and regulations in force. (Art. 25)
- French
Le droit de transmettre ses biens sur succession ou libéralités est reconnu conformément aux lois et règlements en vigueur. (Art. 25)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English(1) Every person has a right to property and for the purpose of this article this right includes the right to acquire, own peacefully enjoy and dispose of property either individually or in association with others.
… (Art. 26)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
The Rural and the Native communities have legal existence and are juridical persons.
They are autonomous in their organization, in the communal work and in the use and free disposition of their lands, as well as in economic and administrative [matters], within the framework that the law establishes. The ownership of their lands is imprescriptible, except in the case of abandonment provided for in the preceding Article. … (Art. 89) - Spanish
Las Comunidades Campesinas y las Nativas tienen existencia legal y son personas jurídicas.
Son autónomas en su organización, en el trabajo comunal y en el uso y la libre disposición de sus tierras, así como en lo económico y administrativo, dentro del marco que la ley establece. La propiedad de sus tierras es imprescriptible, salvo en el caso de abandono previsto en el artículo anterior.
… (Art. 89)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
1. The right of private property is guaranteed.
2. Property may be gained by gift, inheritance, purchase, or any other classical means provided by the Civil Code.
… (Art. 41) - Albanian
1. E drejta e pronës private është e garantuar.
2. Prona fitohet me dhurim, me trashëgimi, me blerje dhe me çdo mënyrë tjetër klasike të parashikuar në Kodin Civil.
… (Neni 41)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe law establishes equally the rules concerning:
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– the regime of ownership, of real rights and of civil and commercial obligations;
… (Art. 90) - Arabicيضع القانون بالتساوي القواعد المتعلقة بـ:
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- نظام الملكية والحقوق العقارية والواجبات المدنية والتجارية؛
... (المادة 90) - FrenchLa loi fixe également les règles concernant:
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- le régime de la propriété, des droits réels et des obligations civiles et commerciales;
… (Art. 90)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe law establishes the rules concerning:
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- … inheritance ...
- the regime of property, … (Art. 84) - FrenchLa loi fixe les règles concernant :
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- … les successions ...
- le régime de la propriété, ... (Art. 84)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe right of inheritance is guaranteed within the limits established by law. Lineal ascendants and descendants shall have preferential treatment in the tax laws. (Art. 48)
- SpanishEl derecho sucesorio queda garantido dentro de los límites que establezca la ley. La línea recta ascendente y la descendente tendrán un tratamiento preferencial en las leyes impositivas. (Art. 48)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- 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;
… (Constitution 1958, Art. 34)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1. Subject to the provisions of Sub-Article 2 of this Article, any citizen shall have the right, anywhere in Eritrea, to acquire and dispose property, individually or in association with others, and to bequeath the same to his heirs or legatees.
2. All land and all natural resources below and above the surface of the territory of Eritrea belongs to the State. The interests citizens shall have in land shall be determined by law.
… (Art. 23)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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(2) Subject to section 72, every person has the right, in any part of Zimbabwe, to acquire, hold, occupy, use, transfer, hypothecate, lease or dispose of all forms of property, either individually or in association with others.
… (Sec. 71)