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Showing 571–580 of 17962 articles for “Art. 5 avr. 2011”
He shall enjoy the rights of easement, of passage, and generally all the rights which the owner may enjoy, and he shall enjoy them as the owner himself.
No one may be compelled to dispose of his property, except in the public interest, and subject to fair and prior compensation.
Alluvion does not take place in respect of lakes and ponds, the owner of which always retains the land that the water covers when it is at the level of the discharge of the pond, even if the volume of…
Where two things belonging to different masters, which have been united so as to form a whole, are nevertheless separable, so that one can subsist without the other, the whole belongs to the master of…
A main part is deemed to be that to which the other has been joined only for the use, ornament or complement of the first.
In all cases where the owner whose material has been used, without his knowledge, to form a thing of another kind may claim ownership of that thing, he has the option of claiming the return of his mat…
Ownership of a thing, whether movable or immovable, gives a right to everything it produces, and to that which is accessorily united to it either naturally or artificially. This right is called the "r…
The natural or industrial fruits of the earth, The civil fruits, The growth of animals, belong to the owner by right of accession.
The owner of the land who has made constructions, plantations and works with materials that did not belong to him must pay the estimated value at the date of payment; he may also be ordered to pay dam…
If of two things united to form a single whole, one cannot be regarded as the accessory of the other, that one is deemed to be principal which is the more considerable in value, or in volume, if the v…
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