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Showing 571–580 of 14711 articles for “Art. 6 oct. 2016”
Anyone on whose property the branches of his neighbour's trees, shrubs and bushes are protruding may compel his neighbour to cut them back. The fruit that falls naturally from these branches belongs t…
Under the same proviso, side or oblique views cannot be had on the same inheritance unless there is a distance of six decimetres.
All owners must establish roofs so that rainwater drains onto their land or onto the public highway; they may not have it poured onto their neighbour's land.
Continuous and apparent easements are acquired by title, or by possession for thirty years.
The easement does not establish any pre-eminence of one inheritance over another.
…this water or the direction given to it aggravates the natural flow easement established by article 640, compensation is due to the owner of the lower land.The same provision applies to water from spr…
If, on leaving the land where they arise, spring waters form a watercourse with the character of public and flowing waters, the owner may not divert them from their natural course to the prejudice of…
If a dispute arises between the owners to whom these waters may be useful, the courts, in adjudicating, must reconcile the interests of agriculture with the respect due to property; and, in all cases,…
Any owner may oblige his neighbour to demarcate their adjoining properties. The demarcation is carried out at joint expense.
Easements are established either for the use of buildings, or for the use of land.Those of the first kind are called "urban", whether the buildings to which they are due are situated in the town or in…
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