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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
- EnglishPrivate property acquired by juridical or natural persons is guaranteed in accordance with the law. (Art. 47)
- SpanishSe garantiza la propiedad privada adquirida con arreglo a la Ley por personas jurídicas o naturales. (Art. 47)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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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)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishWE HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE that, subject to any restrictions imposed by law on noncitizens, all persons in our country are entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual, that is to say, the right, whatever their race, tribe, places of origin, political opinion, colour, creed or sex, but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for the legitimate public interest, to each of the following:-
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(f) protection for the privacy of their homes and other property and from unjust deprivation of property,
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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5. Women shall have the right to own property and share in the estates of their deceased husbands together with any surviving legal heir of the deceased. (Art. 16)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishWhereas every person in Saint Lucia is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms, that is to say, the right, whatever his or her 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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(c) protection for his or her family life, his or her personal privacy, the privacy of his or her home and other property … (Sec. 1)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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– Private property shall be protected. No one shall be prohibited from disposing of their property except within the limits of the law, ...
– Inheritance is a guaranteed right, governed by Islamic Sharia.
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– الملكية الخاصة مصونة، فلا يمنع أحد من التصرف في ملكه إلا في حدود القانون، ...
– الميراث حق مكفول، تحكمه الشريعة الإسلامية.
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishTongan male subjects by birth of or over the age of 16 years may be granted town allotments and tax allotments out of estates granted in pursuance of this Constitution with the consent of or upon consultation with the estate holder and out of the lands of the Crown, by the Minister of Lands. Such allotments shall be hereditary and shall be of such size and at an annual rent as may be determined by law. A widow shall have the right to succeed according to law, to her deceased husband's tax and town allotments. (Clause 113)
- TonganKo e kakai tangata kuo fa‘ele‘i ko e Tonga ‘oku pe laka hake ‘i he 16 honau ta‘u motu‘a ‘e ngofua ke foaki atu ke nau ma‘u ‘api kolo mo ‘api tukuhau mei he ngaahi tofi‘a kuo foaki ‘o fakatatau mo e Konisitutone ‘i he loto ki ai pe ‘i ha feongoongoi mo e ma‘u tofi‘a pea mei he ngaahi tofi‘a ‘o e Pule‘anga, ‘e he Minisita Fonua. Kuo pau ke tukufakaholo ‘a e ngaahi ‘api koia pea ko e me‘a ki hono lahi mo e lisi fakata‘u kuo pau ke tu‘utu‘uni ki ai ‘a e lao. Kuo pau ke ma‘u ‘e he uitou fakatatau ki he lao ‘a e totonu ke ne ma‘u ‘a e ‘api tukuhau mo e ‘api kolo ‘o hono mali kuo pekia. (Kupu 113)
Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English1. The judicial power of Uganda shall be exercised by the courts of judicature which shall consist of-
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d. such subordinate courts as Parliament may by law establish, including qadhis courts for marriage, divorce, inheritance of property and guardianship, as may be prescribed by Parliament.
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe predominance of large land estates is contrary to the interests of society. Appropriate tax law provisions shall be enacted to tax fallow lands and establish the necessary measures to transform them into productive economic units, likewise recovering arable land. Farmers and other agricultural producers are entitled to own land, in the cases and forms specified under the pertinent law. The State shall protect and promote associative and private forms of property in such manner as to guarantee agricultural production. The State shall see to the sustainable ordering of arable land to guarantee its food producing potential. … (Art. 307)
- SpanishEl régimen latifundista es contrario al interés social. La ley dispondrá lo conducente en materia tributaria para gravar las tierras ociosas y establecerá las medidas necesarias para su transformación en unidades económicas productivas, rescatando igualmente las tierras de vocación agrícola. Los campesinos o campesinas y demás productores o productoras agropecuarios tienen derecho a la propiedad de la tierra, en los casos y formas especificados por la ley respectiva. El Estado protegerá y promoverá las formas asociativas y particulares de propiedad para garantizar la producción agrícola. El Estado velará por la ordenación sustentable de las tierras de vocación agrícola para asegurar su potencial agroalimentario. … (Art. 307)