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  2. Cession - Wikipedia

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    Under the civil law system, cession is the equivalent of assignment, and therefore, is an act by which a personal claim is transferred from the assignor (the cedent) to the assignee (the cessionary). Whereas real rights are transferred by delivery, personal rights are transferred by cession. Once the obligation of the debtor is transferred, the ...

  3. List of active separatist movements in South America

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    De facto autonomous government: for governments with de facto autonomous control over a region. Government-in-exile: for a government based outside of the region in question, with or without control. Political party (or parties): for political parties involved in a political system to push for autonomy or secession.

  4. Secession - Wikipedia

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    Secession is the formal withdrawal of a group from a political entity. The process begins once a group proclaims an act of secession (such as a declaration of independence). [1] A secession attempt might be violent or peaceful, but the goal is the creation of a new state or entity independent of the group or territory from which it seceded. [2]

  5. Acquisition of sovereignty - Wikipedia

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    A state may acquire sovereignty over territory if that sovereignty is ceded (transferred) to it by another state. Cession is typically effected by treaty.Examples of cession include the cession of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon, purchases such as the Louisiana Purchase and the Alaska Purchase, and cessions involving multiple parties such as the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany.

  6. List of active separatist movements in Europe - Wikipedia

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    De facto autonomous government: for governments with de facto autonomous control over a region. Government-in-exile: for a government based outside of the region in question, with or without control. Political party (or parties): for political parties involved in a political system to push for autonomy or secession.

  7. Pension systems by country - Wikipedia

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    Mandatory occupational pension provision: Voluntary private collective pension provision; Voluntary private individual pension provision Georgia: Basic pension: N/A: N/A: N/A Germany: Social assistance: Social insurance system: Voluntary occupational pension insurance: Private pension schemes Hong Kong: Basic pension: Provident fund system: N/A ...

  8. Separatism - Wikipedia

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    Hypothetical map of the world if major separatist movements were successful. Separatism is the advocacy of cultural, ethnic, tribal, religious, racial, regional, governmental, or gender separation from the larger group.

  9. Succession of states - Wikipedia

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    A similar situation applies to the Caucasus countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, which claimed continuity of the pre-1921 republics before being conquered by the Red Army as well as Ukraine, which as mentioned above, is the de facto successor to the Ukrainian People's Republic that was founded in 1917 before its Sovietization in 1919 ...