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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishNational reform in various areas shall be carried out to at least achieve the following results:
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g. Other Areas:
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2. ensuring a fair distribution of land holding, as well as an examination of ownership and holding of land throughout the country with a view to systemically solving the problems of land ownership and possessory rights;
... (Sec. 258) - Thaiให้ดําเนินการปฏิรูปประเทศอย่างน้อยในด้านต่างๆ ให้เกิดผลดังต่อไปนี้
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ช. ด้านอื่นๆ
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(๒) จัดให้มีการกระจายการถือครองที่ดินอย่างเป็นธรรม รวมทั้งการตรวจสอบกรรมสิทธิ์และการถือครองที่ดินทั้งประเทศ เพื่อแก้ไขปัญหากรรมสิทธิ์และสิทธิครอบครองที่ดินอย่างเป็นระบบ
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
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The law establishes the rules concerning:
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- … the state and 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 the rights of real property 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
- English1. The Republic of Guinea-Bissau recognizes the following property titles:
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c. Private property, which may be established over goods that do not belong to the State.
… (Art. 12) - Portuguese1 - Na República da Guiné-Bissau são reconhecidas as seguintes formas de propriedade:
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c) A propriedade privada, que incide sobre bens distintos do Estado.
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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
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1. The economic system of the Republic of Albania is based on private and public property, as well as on a market economy and on freedom of economic activity.
2. Private and public property are equally protected by law.
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1. Sistemi ekonomik i Republikës së Shqipërisë bazohet në pronën private e publike, si dhe në ekonominë e tregut dhe në lirinë e veprimtarisë ekonomike.
2. Prona private dhe publike mbrohen njëlloj me ligj.
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- EnglishThe rights of property and of succession are guaranteed.
… (Art. 23) - FrenchLes droits de propriété et de succession sont garantis.
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- Englisha. The property which a person possesses at the time of marriage or which may afterwards be acquired as a result of one’s own labors shall not be held for or otherwise applied to the liquidation of the debts or other obligations of the spouse, whether contracted before or after marriage; nor shall the property which by law is to be secured to a man or a woman be alienated or be controlled by that person’s spouse save by free and voluntary consent.
b. The Legislature shall enact laws to govern the devolution of estates and establish rights of inheritance and descent for spouses of both statutory and customary marriages so as to give adequate protection to surviving spouses and children of such marriages. (Art. 23)
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
- EnglishSince the right to Property is inviolable and sacred, no one may be deprived thereof,
… (1789 Declaration, Art. 17) - FrenchLa propriété étant un droit inviolable et sacré, nul ne peut en être privé,
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Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure
- English(1) The fundamental human rights and freedoms of the individual enshrined in this Chapter13 are hereby declared and guaranteed, namely –
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(c) protection of the privacy of the home and other property rights of the individual;
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