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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
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The law establishes the rules concerning:
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- … the state and the capacity of persons, the matrimonial regimes, inheritance and gifts;
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The law determines the fundamental principles:
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- of the regime of property,
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La loi fixe les règles concernant :
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- … l'état et la capacité des personnes, 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,
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1. The right of private property shall be protected by law.
2. Everyone shall have the right to have property and to possess, use and dispose of it both individually and jointly with other persons.
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4. The right of inheritance shall be guaranteed. (Art. 35) - Russian1. Право частной собственности охраняется законом.
2. Каждый вправе иметь имущество в собственности, владеть, пользоваться и распоряжаться им как единолично, так и совместно с другими лицами.
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4. Право наследования гарантируется. (Статья 35)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
The State preferably supports agricultural development. It guarantees the right of ownership concerning land, in private or communal form or any other associative form. The law may establish the limits and the extent of the land according to the particularities of each zone. Abandoned lands, according to legal prevision, pass to the domain of the State for their adjudication and sale. (Art. 88)
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El Estado apoya preferentemente el desarrollo agrario. Garantiza el derecho de propiedad sobre la tierra, en forma privada o comunal o en cualquiera otra forma asociativa. La ley puede fijar los límites y la extensión de la tierra según las peculiaridades de cada zona.
Las tierras abandonadas, según previsión legal, pasan al dominio del Estado para su adjudicación en venta. (Art. 88)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe ownership is protected by the law. … (Art. 15)
- Arabicالملكية في حمى القانون. ... (المادّة 15)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe right to property is guaranteed by the law. … (Art. 27)
- FrenchLe droit de propriété est garanti par la loi. … (Art. 27)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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(3) A person must not be unfairly discriminated against, directly or indirectly on the grounds of his or her—
(a) actual or supposed personal characteristics or circumstances, including race, culture, ethnic or social origin, colour, place of origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, birth, primary language, economic or social or health status, disability, age, religion, conscience, marital status or pregnancy;
(b) opinions or beliefs, except to the extent that those opinions or beliefs involve harm to others or the diminution of the rights or freedoms of others, or on any other ground prohibited by this Constitution.
(4) A law or an administrative action taken under a law may not directly or indirectly impose a limitation or restriction on any person on a prohibited ground.
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(8) A law, or an administrative action taken under a law, is not inconsistent with the rights mentioned in this section on the ground that it—
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(e) makes provision with respect to adoption, marriage, devolution of property9 on death, and pension;
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(g) to the extent necessary and without infringing the rights or freedoms set out in any other section of this Chapter, gives effect to the communal ownership of iTaukei, Rotuman and Banaban lands and access to marine resources, or the bestowing of iTaukei, Rotuman and Banaban chiefly title or rank. (Sec. 26) - iTaukei…
(3) Na veivakaduiduitaki e vakatabui vakalawa kevaka e yaco vua e dua na tamata ena vuku ni—
(a) nona ivakarau se kena ituvaki, oka kina na veimatatamata e lewena, nona itovo vakavanua, kawatamata, kuliniyago, na nona yavutu, kevaka e yalewa se tagane, kevaka e tagane, na nona digitaka me vinakata na tagane, kevaka e yalewa, na nona digitaka me vinakata na yalewa, se nona digitaka me vinakata ruarua na yalewa kei na tagane, nomu digitaka se vakaraitaka mo bulataka na bula vakatagane se bula vakayalewa, kevaka e gone susu se sucu ena daku ni vakamau, vosanisucu, ituvaki ni bula se bula vakailavo, vakaleqai vakayago, yabaki ni bula, nomu vakabauta, lewa e loma, vakawati se sega, se kevaka e bukete; se
(b) nomu vakasama se vakabauta, vakavo kevaka na vakasama se vakabauta qo e vakamavoataka tale e so na tamata se na kena vakalailaitaka na nona dodonu se galala tale e so, se ena dua tale na tikina e vakatabui ena Yavunivakavulewa qo.
(4) Na lawa se dua na vakatulewa e vakayacori ena dua na lawa ena sega ni rawa ni vakayagataka na yavu e vakamacalataki ena wasetiki (3) me yalana na nona dodonu e dua.
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(8) Na lawa se na vakatulewa e vakayacori ena dua na lawa tabaki, e sega ni veicoqacoqa kei na dodonu e virikotori ena tikina qo kevaka e—
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(e) vakarautaka na veika vakaivola me baleta na gone vakacabecabe, vakamau, dewa na taukeni ni iyau ena vuku ni mate kei na peniseni;
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(g) me yalani ena gauna e gadrevi kina ka me kua ni veicoqacoqa kei na dodonu se na galala e virikotori ena dua na tikina ena Wase qo, e vakatara na kena taukeni vakavanua na kedra qele kei na nodra vakayagataka na iyaubula mai waitui o ira na iTaukei, Rotuma kei na Rabi se na ivakarau ni kena soli na itutu ni veiliutaki ni iTaukei, Rotuma kei na Rabi. (Sec. 26)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe right of property is inviolable, but it is subject to laws enacted in the general interest. … (Art. 32)
- SpanishLa propiedad es un derecho inviolable, pero sujeto a lo que dispongan las leyes que se establecieren por razones de interés general. … (Art. 32)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe Union guarantees the right to ownership, the use of property and the right to private invention and patent in the conducting of business if it is not contrary to the provisions of this Constitution and the existing laws. (Sec. 372)
- Burmeseဤဖွဲ့စည်းပုံအခြေခံဥပဒေပါ ပြဌာန်းချက်များနှင့်လည်းကောင်း၊ တည်ဆဲဥပဒေများပါပြဌာန်းချက်များနှင့်လည်းကောင်း မဆန့်ကျင်စေဘဲ စီးပွားရေးကိစ္စများကို ဆောင်ရွက်ရာတွင် ပစ္စည်းပိုင်ဆိုင်ခွင့်၊ သုံးစွဲခွင့်နှင့် ကိုယ်ပိုင်တီထွင်ခွင့်၊ မူပိုင်ခွင့်တို့ကို နိုင်ငံတော်က အာမခံသည်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၃၇၂)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English(1) The State must promote full gender balance in Zimbabwean society, and in particular—
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(c) the State and all institutions and agencies of government at every level must take practical measures to ensure that women have access to resources, including land, on the basis of equality with men.
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English(1) All land in Samoa is customary land, freehold land or public land.
(2) Customary land means land held from Samoa in accordance with Samoan custom and usage and with the law relating to Samoan custom and usage.
(3) Freehold land means land held from Samoa for an estate in fee simple.
… (Art. 101) - Samoan(1) O eleele uma i Samoa o eleele tau le aganuu, eleele umia saoloto (fanua na faatauina mai), po o eleele tau le Malo.
(2) O eleele tau le aganuu o lona uiga o eleele e umia mai ia Samoa e talafeagai ai ma aganuu faa-Samoa ma lo latou faaaogaina ma e tusa ai ma le tulafono e uiga i aganuu faa-Samoa ma lo latou faaaogaina.
(3) O eleele e umia saoloto o lona uiga o eleele e umia mai ia Samoa mo se fanua na faatauina mai.
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