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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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The law establishes the rules concerning:
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- … the status [état] 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, of real rights and of civil and commercial obligations;
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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 les 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
- EnglishIt is the right of every Iranian individual and family to possess housing commensurate with his needs. The government must provide the basis for the implementation of this article, according priority to those whose need is greatest, in particular the rural population and the workers. (Art. 31)
- Persianداشتن مسکن متناسب با نیاز، حق هر فرد و خانواده ایرانی است. دولت موظف است با رعایت اولویت برای آنها که نیازمندترند بهخصوص روستانشینان و کارگران زمینه اجرای این اصل را فراهم کند. (اصل 31)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishAncestral, indigenous, Afro-Ecuadorian and coastal back-country (montubios) peoples can establish territorial districts for the preservation of their culture. The law shall regulate their establishment.
Communities (comunas) that have collective land ownership are recognized as an ancestral form of territorial organization. (Art. 60) - SpanishLos pueblos ancestrales, indígenas, afroecuatorianos y montubios podrán constituir circunscripciones territoriales para la preservación de su cultura. La ley regulará su conformación.
Se reconoce a las comunas que tienen propiedad colectiva de la tierra, como una forma ancestral de organización territorial. (Art. 60)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English(1) Property is public or private.
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(5) Private property is inviolable, in accordance with the organic law. (Art. 136) - Romanian(1) Proprietatea este publică sau privată.
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(5) Proprietatea privată este inviolabilă, în condiţiile legii organice. (Art. 136)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- Englisha. Every person shall have the right to own property alone as well as in association with others; provided that only Liberian citizens shall have the right to own real property within the Republic.
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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The State protects and promotes all forms of property rights: State, collective, private domestic and foreign investment in the Lao People's Democratic Republic. (Art. 16)
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ລັດປົກປ້ອງ ແລະ ເສີມຂະຫຍາຍບັນດາຮູບການກໍາມະສິດຂອງລັດ, ຂອງລວມໝູ່, ເອກະເທດ, ເອກະຊົນພາຍໃນ ແລະ ຕ່າງປະເທດທີ່ລົງທຶນຢູ່ ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະ ຊາຊົນລາວ. (ມາດຕາ 16)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishWE, THE GUYANESE PEOPLE,
… proclaim this Constitution in order to:
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Celebrate our cultural and racial diversity and strengthen our unity by eliminating any and every form of discrimination;
Value the special place in our nation of the Indigenous Peoples and recognize their right as citizens to land and security and to their promulgation of policies for their communities;
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishEveryone has the right to own, use and dispose of his or her property, and the results of his or her intellectual and creative activity.
The right of private property is acquired by the procedure determined by law.
In order to satisfy their needs, citizens may use the objects of the right of state and communal property in accordance with the law.
… (Art. 41) - UkrainianКожен має право володіти, користуватися і розпоряджатися своєю власністю, результатами своєї інтелектуальної, творчої діяльності.
Право приватної власності набувається в порядку, визначеному законом.
Громадяни для задоволення своїх потреб можуть користуватися об'єктами права державної та комунальної власності відповідно до закону.
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishIt is hereby recognised and declared that in Mauritius there have existed and shall continue to exist without discrimination by reason of race, place of origin, political opinions, colour, creed or sex, but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for the public interest, each and all of the following human rights and fundamental freedoms
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c. the right of the individual to protection for the privacy of his home and other property
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe Union :
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(c) shall permit citizens right of private property, right of inheritance, right of private initiative and patent in accord with the law. (Sec. 37) - Burmeseနိုင်ငံတော်သည် -
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(ဂ) နိုင်ငံသားများအား ပစ္စည်းပိုင်ဆိုင်ခွင့်၊ အမွေဆက်ခံခွင့်၊ ကိုယ်ပိုင်လုပ်ကိုင်ခွင့်၊ တီထွင်ခွင့် နှင့် မူပိုင်ခွင့်တို့ကို ဥပဒေပြဌာန်းချက်နှင့်အညီ ခွင့်ပြုရမည်။ (ပုဒ်မ-၃၇)