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adjoiner [3 records]

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Record 1 2004-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Property Law (common law)
  • Property Law (civil law)
CONT

Adjoin means to be in contact with; hence the adjoiner is the land in contact with the instant property. (Definitions of Surveying and Associated Terms, 1978, p. 3).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (droit civil)
OBS

bien-fonds contigu; terrain contigu : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de propiedad (common law)
  • Derecho de propiedad (derecho civil)
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Record 2 2004-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Property Law (common law)
  • Property Law (civil law)
DEF

A person who owns land abutting another's.

CONT

adjoining owners: those persons who own land touching the subject land and who, as a result, have right to notice of proceedings concerning the subject real estate as, for example, in zoning and licensing matters.

CONT

adjoiner: The duty to proceed with due care ordinarily requires that the excavating owner notify his adjoiner, thus affording the latter an opportunity to support his buildings, and in some jurisdictions the statutes require such notice. (Skelton, 1930, p. 493).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (droit civil)
OBS

propriétaire de bien-fonds contigu; propriétaire de terrain contigu; termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

OBS

Lorsque le propriétaire d'un bien-fonds est aussi son occupant, on utilise le terme «propriétaire-occupant» qui a son équivalent anglais «owner-occupier».

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Property Law (common law)
  • Property Law (civil law)
CONT

Where two owners or occupiers of adjoining parcels of land desire to erect a line or boundary fence between those adjoining parcels for the common advantage of both, they shall bear the expense of the erection in equal shares; and thereafter the expense of maintaining and repairing the fence shall be borne by the adjoining owners or occupiers in equal shares. (R.S.M. 1987, c. B70, s. 2(1)).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (droit civil)
OBS

occupant de bien fonds contigu; occupant de terrain contigu : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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