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  2. Usufruct - Wikipedia

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    Usufruct (/ ˈ j uː z j uː f r ʌ k t /) [1] is a limited real right (or in rem right) found in civil law and mixed jurisdictions that unites the two property interests of usus and fructus: Usus ( use , as in usage of or access to) is the right to use or enjoy a thing possessed, directly and without altering it.

  3. Rule against perpetuities - Wikipedia

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    The rule against perpetuities serves a number of purposes. First, English courts have long recognized that allowing owners to attach long-lasting contingencies to their property harms the ability of future generations to freely buy and sell the property, since few people would be willing to buy property that had unresolved issues regarding its ownership hanging over it.

  4. University of Santo Tomas Baybayin Documents - Wikipedia

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    The University of Santo Tomas Baybayin Documents or UST Baybayin Documents are two 17th century land deeds written in Baybayin script.. Due to their historical significance, the documents were declared as a National Cultural Treasure by the National Archives of the Philippines Director Victorino Manalo during the Second Baybayin Conference at the Museum of the Filipino People, Manila on 22 ...

  5. Title (property) - Wikipedia

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    In the case of real estate, the legal instrument used to transfer title from one person or entity to another is via the deed. A famous rule is that a thief cannot convey good title, so title searches are routine (or highly recommended) for purchases of many types of expensive property (especially real estate).

  6. Perpetual usufruct - Wikipedia

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    Perpetual usufruct (right of perpetual usufruct, RPU) is the English-language term often used by Polish lawyers to describe the Polish version of public ground lease. It is usually granted for 99 years, but never shorter than 40 years, and enables leasehold use of publicly owned land, in most cases located in urban areas .

  7. Forced heirship - Wikipedia

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    In 1991 Louisiana abolished the forced heirship provision for spouses; however, at death the spouse's interest in any community property is converted to his or her separate property; and a usufruct is granted over the remaining community (with the forced heirs as naked owners of their respective shares). That usufruct terminates at death or ...

  8. Adverse possession - Wikipedia

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    Adverse possession in common law, and the related civil law concept of usucaption (also acquisitive prescription or prescriptive acquisition), are legal mechanisms under which a person who does not have legal title to a piece of property, usually real property, may acquire legal ownership based on continuous possession or occupation without the permission of its legal owner.

  9. Template:Cite PH act - Wikipedia

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    title of the act; use the short title if available (example: "Flag and Heraldic Code of the Philippines") ... The phase of the deed. Unknown: optional: date: date: