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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English(1) Every person is entitled to own property, and has a right to the protection of his property held in accordance with the law.
… (Art. 24)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English(1) A person has a right to own property either alone or in association with others.
… (Sec. 19)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe establishment of primogenital entailments is prohibited. … (Art. 9)
- SpanishSe prohíbe la fundación de mayorazgos. … (Art. 9)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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(1) The right to possess private property and the debts incurred by the State are guaranteed.
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(6) The right to inherit private property is guaranteed. (Art. 46) - Moldovian
(1) Dreptul la proprietate privată, precum şi creanţele asupra statului sînt garantate.
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(6) Dreptul la moştenire a proprietăţii private este garantat. (Art. 46)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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(2) The principles of good governance, which bind the State and all institutions and agencies of government at every level, include—
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(j) the equitable sharing of national resources, including land;
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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d. Inheritance is a guaranteed right governed by the Islamic Shari’a. (Art. 5) - Arabic…
د - الميراث حق مكفول تحكمه الشريعة الإسلامية. (المادّة 5)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe official religion of Iran is Islam and the Twelver Ja'farî school [in usul al-Dîn and fiqh], and this principle will remain eternally immutable. Other Islamic schools, including the Hanafî, Shafi'î, Malikî, Hanbalî, and Zaydî, are to be accorded full respect, and their followers are free to act in accordance with their own jurisprudence in performing their religious rites. These schools enjoy official status in matters pertaining to religious education, affairs of personal status (marriage, divorce, inheritance, and wills) and related litigation in courts of law. … (Art. 12)
- Persianدین رسمی ایران، اسلام و مذهب جعفری اثنی عشری است و این اصل الیالابد غیرقابل تغییر است و مذاهب دیگر اسلامی اعم از حنفی، شافعی، مالکی، حنبلی و زیدی دارای احترام کامل میباشند و پیروان این مذاهب در انجام مراسم مذهبی، طبق فقه خودشان آزادند و در تعلیم و تربیت دینی و احوال شخصیه (ازدواج، طلاق، ارث و وصیت) و دعاوی مربوط به آن در دادگاهها رسمیت دارند و. ... (اصل 12)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe right of inheritance is guaranteed. (Art. 46)
- RomanianDreptul la moştenire este garantat. (Art. 46)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishWhereas every person in Barbados is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual, that is to say, the right, whatever his 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, to each and all of the following, namely-
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(b) protection for the privacy of his home and other property and from deprivation of property without compensation;
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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1. Private, state, municipal and other forms of property are equally recognised and protected in the Kyrgyz Republic.
2. Property is inviolable. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property. The right to inherit is guaranteed.
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4. The Kyrgyz Republic protects the property of its citizens and legal entities, as well as its property located in foreign countries.
... (Art. 15) - Russian
1. В Кыргызской Республике в равной степени признаются и защищаются частная, государственная, муниципальная и иные формы собственности.
2. Собственность неприкосновенна. Никто не может быть произвольно лишен своего имущества. Право наследования гарантируется.
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4. Кыргызская Республика защищает собственность своих граждан и юридических лиц, а также свою собственность, находящуюся на территории иностранных государств.
... (Статья 15) - Kyrgyz
1. Кыргыз Республикасында менчиктин жеке, мамлекеттик, муниципалдык жана башка түрлөрү бирдей деңгээлде таанылат жана корголот.
2. Менчик кол тийгис. Эч ким өзүм билемдик менен мүлкүнөн ажыратылбайт. Мурастоо укугу кепилденет.
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4. Кыргыз Республикасы өз жарандарынын жана юридикалык жактарынын менчигин, ошондой эле чет мамлекеттердин аймагында жайгашкан өзүнүн менчигин коргойт.
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