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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishAll persons, individually or collectively, shall have the right to ownership. Only natural person or legal entity of Khmer nationality shall have the right to land ownership.
Legal private ownership shall be protected by law.
… (Art. 44) - Khmerជនណាក៏ដោយ ទោះជាបុគ្គលក្តី ជាសមូហភាពក្តី មានសិទ្ធិជាម្ចាស់កម្មសិទ្ធិ។ មានតែរូបវន្តបុគ្គល ឬនីតិបុគ្គល ដែលមានសញ្ជាតិជាខ្មែរទេ ទើបមានសិទ្ធិជាម្ចាស់កម្មសិទ្ធិលើដីធ្លី។
កម្មសិទ្ធិឯកជនស្របច្បាប់ ឋិតនៅក្រោមការគាំពារនៃច្បាប់។
... (មាត្រា ៤៤)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1 1° The State acknowledges that man, in virtue of his rational being, has the natural right, antecedent to positive law, to the private ownership of external goods.
2° The State accordingly guarantees to pass no law attempting to abolish the right of private ownership or the general right to transfer, bequeath, and inherit property.
… (Art. 43) - Irish Gaelic1 1° Admhaíonn an Stát, toisc bua an réasúin a bheith ag an duine, go bhfuil sé de cheart nádúrtha aige maoin shaolta a bheith aige dá chuid féin go príobháideach, ceart is ársa ná reacht daonna.
2° Uime sin, ráthaíonn an Stát gan aon dlí a achtú d’iarraidh an ceart sin, ná gnáthcheart an duine chun maoin a shannadh agus a thiomnú agus a ghlacadh ina hoidhreacht, a chur ar ceal.
… (Airteagal 43)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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II. The nations and the rural native indigenous peoples that live in isolation and out of contact enjoy the right to maintain themselves in that condition, and to the legal definition and consolidation of the territory which they occupy and inhabit. (Art. 31) - Spanish…
II. Las naciones y pueblos indígenas en aislamiento y no contactados gozan del derecho a mantenerse en esa condición, a la delimitación y consolidación legal del territorio que ocupan y habitan. (Art. 31)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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Outside of the cases expressly provided for by the Constitution, 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 regime of domain, land use,
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– the regime of ownership, of real rights and of civil and commercial obligations;
… (Art. 47) - French
En dehors des cas expressément prévus par la Constitution, la loi fixe les règles concernant:
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- … l’état et la capacité des personnes, les régimes matrimoniaux, les successions et les libéralités,
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- le régime domanial, foncier,
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- le régime de la propriété, des droits réels et des obligations civiles et commerciales;
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1. The following shall fall within the exclusive competence of the supreme state authorities of Georgia:
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b) … legislation pertaining to land, minerals, and other natural resources;
… (Art. 7) - Georgian1. საქართველოს უმაღლეს სახელმწიფო ორგანოთა განსაკუთრებულ გამგებლობას მიეკუთვნება:
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ბ) … მიწის, წიაღისეულისა და სხვა ბუნებრივი რესურსების კანონმდებლობა;
… (მუხლი 7)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishAllodial right and the right of primogeniture shall not be abolished. The specific conditions under which these rights shall continue for the greatest benefit of the State and to the best advantage of the rural population shall be determined by the first or second subsequent Storting. (Art. 117)
- NorwegianOdels- og åsetesretten må ikke oppheves. De nærmere betingelser for hvordan den skal bestå til støtte for staten og til gagn for landallmuen, fastsettes av det første eller annet følgende storting. (§ 117)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English
Final title shall be recognized for the remaining members of the former fugitive slave communities who are occupying their lands, and the State shall grant them the respective deeds. (Transitional Constitutional Provisions Act 1988, Art. 68)
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Aos remanescentes das comunidades dos quilombos que estejam ocupando suas terras é reconhecida a propriedade definitiva, devendo o Estado emitirlhes os títulos respectivos. (Ato das Disposições Constitucionais Transitórias 1988, Art. 68)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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(2) With regard to choice of spouse, property rights, inheritance, choice of domicile, divorce and other matters pertaining to marriage and the family, laws shall be enacted from the standpoint of individual dignity and the essential equality of the sexes. (Art. 24) - Japanese…
2 配偶者の選択、財産権、相続、住居の選定、離婚並びに婚姻及び家族に関するその他の事項に関しては、法律は、個人の尊厳と両性の本質的平等に立脚して、制定されなければならない。 (第24条)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English(1) A spouse shall not be deprived of a reasonable provision out of the estate of a spouse whether or not the spouse died having made a will.
(2) Parliament shall, as soon as practicable after the coming into force of this Constitution, enact legislation regulating the property rights of spouses.
(3) With a view to achieving the full realisation of the rights referred to in clause (2) of this article—
(a) spouses shall have equal access to property jointly acquired during marriage;
(b) assets which are jointly acquired during marriage shall be distributed equitably between the spouses upon dissolution of the marriage. (Art. 22)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1. Citizens and their associations shall have the right to possess land as private property.
2. Possession, utilisation and disposal of land and other natural resources shall be exercised by the owners freely provided that this is not detrimental to the environment and does not violate the rights and lawful interests of other people.
3. The conditions and procedure for the use of land shall be determined by federal law. (Art. 36) - Russian1. Граждане и их объединения вправе иметь в частной собственности землю.
2. Владение, пользование и распоряжение землей и другими природными ресурсами осуществляются их собственниками свободно, если это не наносит ущерба окружающей среде и не нарушает прав и законных интересов иных лиц.
3. Условия и порядок пользования землей определяются на основе федерального закона. (Статья 36)