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In contentious matters, the appeal may only be directed against those who were parties at first instance. All those who were parties may be respondents.In non-contentious matters, the appeal is admiss…
In all cases where a court of law deals with acts relating to civil status, the interested parties may appeal against the judgment.
No one may be compelled to dispose of his property, except in the public interest, and subject to fair and prior compensation.
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.
Ownership is the right to enjoy and dispose of things in the most absolute manner, provided they are not used in a way prohibited by laws or regulations.
The fruits produced by the thing belong to the owner only on condition that he reimburses the costs of ploughing, work and sowing carried out by third parties, the value of which is estimated at the d…
Communal assets are those to whose ownership or proceeds the inhabitants of one or more communes have an acquired right.
One may have over the property, either a right of ownership, or a mere right of enjoyment, or only land services to claim.
The simple possessor makes the fruits his own only where he possesses in good faith. Otherwise, he is bound to return the products with the thing to the owner who claims it; if the said products are n…
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