Property law is the area of law that governs the various forms of ownership in real property (land) and personal property. Property refers to legally...

century that intellectual property became commonplace in most of the world's legal systems. Supporters of intellectual property laws often describe their main...

South African property law regulates the "rights of people in or over certain objects or things." It is concerned, in other words, with a person's ability...

three broad forms of property: private property, public property, and collective property (also called cooperative property). Property that jointly belongs...

Land and property laws in Israel are the property law component of Israeli law, providing the legal framework for the ownership and other in rem rights...

In property law, alienation is the voluntary act of an owner of some property to dispose of the property, while alienability, or being alienable, is the...

collectivities or by the state; the Property Law of the People's Republic of China passed in 2007 codified property rights. Use of property was divided into topsoil...

In English common law, real property, real estate, immovable property or, solely in the US and Canada, realty, refers to parcels of land and any associated...

Scots property law governs the rules relating to property found in the legal jurisdiction of Scotland. As a hybrid legal system with both common law and...

property that is permanently attached (fixed) to real property (usually land). Property not affixed to real property is considered chattel property....

Commercial law covers complex contract and property law. The law of agency, insurance law, bills of exchange, insolvency and bankruptcy law and sales law trace...

Australian property law, or property law in Australia, are laws that regulate and prioritise the rights, interests and responsibilities of individuals...

property law are different. In England, property law encompasses four main topics: English land law, or the law of "real property" English trusts law...

Property law in the United States is the area of law that governs the various forms of ownership in real property (land and buildings) and personal property...

application. Accession in property law is a mode of acquiring property that involves the addition of value to the property through labour or the addition...

Personal property is property that is movable. In common law systems, personal property may also be called chattels or personalty. In civil law systems...

Caveat is Latin for "beware". In Australian property law and other jurisdictions using the Torrens title system, a caveat is a warning that someone other...

Law of Indonesia is based on a civil law system, intermixed with local customary law and Dutch law. Before the Dutch presence and colonization began in...

Community property can also be relevant in probate law, during the disposition of a will. The concept of community property originated in civil law jurisdictions...

Conflict of laws (also called private international law) is the set of rules or laws a jurisdiction applies to a case, transaction, or other occurrence...

constitutional rights. Thus U.S. law (especially the actual "living law" of contract, tort, property, criminal, and family law experienced by the majority...

In property law, title is an intangible construct representing a bundle of rights in (to) a piece of property in which a party may own either a legal interest...

Property law in Ghana is the area of formal and informal law that governs how citizens can acquire, register, and maintain property. Property in this...

bequeathing private property and/or debts can be performed by a testator via will, as attested by a notary or by other lawful means. In law, an "heir" (FEM:...

to the grantee's heirs for life." In England and Wales, before the Law of Property Act 1925, the default position was of a freehold transferable to the...

enjoyment of his property. The law may subordinate such use and enjoyment to the interest of society. (2) No one shall be deprived of his property except upon...

Two Norwegian property laws, which are so ancient that the time of their enactment is lost, govern Norwegian property. These are the Åsetesrett (homestead...

of law, real relates to land property and is different from personal property while estate means the "interest" a person has in that land property. Real...

The Law of Property Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 20) is a statute of the United Kingdom Parliament. It forms part of an interrelated programme of legislation...

Heirs property, or heirs' property, refers to property that is passed between generations of family members without a will or formal estate strategy. Heir...