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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishLesotho shall adopt policies which encourage its citizens to acquire property including land, houses, tools and equipment; and shall take such other economic measures as the State shall consider affordable. (Sec. 34)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe right to property is guaranteed by this Constitution.
… (Art. 12) - Arabicيضمن الدستور حق الملكية.
... (المادة 12) - FrenchLe droit de propriété est garanti par la présente Constitution.
… (Art. 12)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThrough special programs and adequate legislation, the State will provide state lands to the indigenous communities who may need them for their development. (Art. 68)
- SpanishMediante programas especiales y legislación adecuada, el Estado proveerá de tierras estatales a las comunidades indígenas que las necesiten para su desarrollo. (Art. 68)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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Private property shall be recognised and protected by the law, which shall determine how it can be acquired, enjoyed and restrained so as to ensure its social function and render it accessible to all.
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The law shall regulate and limit testate and intestate succession rights and the rights of the State in matters of inheritance. (Art. 42) - Italian
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La proprietà privata è riconosciuta e garantita dalla legge, che ne determina i modi di acquisto, di godimento e i limiti allo scopo di assicurarne la funzione sociale e di renderla accessibile a tutti.
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La legge stabilisce le norme ed i limiti della successione legittima e testamentaria e i diritti dello Stato sulle eredità. (Art. 42)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe right of property is guaranteed.
The right of inheritance is guaranteed.
… (Art. 15) - Arabicحقّ الملكية مضمون.
حق الإرث مضمون.
... (المادّة 15) - FrenchLe droit de propriété est garanti.
Le droit d'héritage est garanti.
… (Art. 15)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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2. Subject to sections 18 and 49, and to subsections (9) and (12) of this section, and save only as may be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society-
a. this Chapter11 guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in subsections (3) and (6) of this section and in sections 14, 15, 16 and 17; and
b. Parliament shall pass no law and no organ of the State shall take any action which abrogates, abridges or infringes those rights.
3. The rights and freedoms referred to in subsection (2) are as follows-
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q. the protection of property rights as provided in section 15;
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1. The right to own and inherit property shall be recognised and guaranteed.
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4. As a resource of special importance, agricultural land may be owned only by the State, a self-governing unit, a citizen of Georgia or an association of citizens of Georgia. Exceptional cases may be determined by the organic law, which shall be adopted by a majority of at least two thirds of the total number of the Members of Parliament. (Art. 19) - Georgian1. საკუთრებისა და მემკვიდრეობის უფლება აღიარებული და უზრუნველყოფილია.
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4. სასოფლო-სამეურნეო დანიშნულების მიწა, როგორც განსაკუთრებული მნიშვნელობის რესურსი, შეიძლება იყოს მხოლოდ სახელმწიფოს, თვითმმართველი ერთეულის, საქართველოს მოქალაქის ან საქართველოს მოქალაქეთა გაერთიანების საკუთრებაში. გამონაკლისი შემთხვევები შეიძლება დადგინდეს ორგანული კანონით, რომელიც მიიღება პარლამენტის სრული შემადგენლობის არანაკლებ ორი მესამედის უმრავლესობით. (მუხლი 19)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1. The Republic of Poland shall protect ownership and the right of succession.
... (Art. 21) - Polish1. Rzeczpospolita Polska chroni własność i prawo dziedziczenia.
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishSubject to the provisions of this Constitution, every citizen of Nigeria shall have the right to acquire and own immovable property anywhere in Nigeria. (Sec. 43)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe State shall protect the social and economic development of the family and shall organize the family homestead, determining the nature and amount of property that must constitute it, on the basis that it is inalienable and un-attachable. (Art. 62)
- SpanishEl Estado velará por el mejoramiento social y económico de la familia y organizará el patrimonio familiar determinando la naturaleza y cuantía de los bienes que deban constituirlo, sobre la base de que es inalienable e inembargable. (Art. 62)