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WHILE HIS OWNERSHIP [4 records]

Record 1 2013-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
OBS

The term "condominium" refers to a system of ownership... whereby each... unit is owned separately by the individual who purchases it, while the common elements(hallways, elevators, lobby, walkways, swimming pool, etc.) are held in common by all the unit owners. Each unit owner has an undivided interest in the common elements which is in a fixed proportion-usually the proportion that the value of his unit bears to the total value of all the units in the project.(Burns and McLellan, p. 1)

French

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

propriétaire d'unité : terme normalisé 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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Record 2 2013-04-09

English

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

A may be the owner of a thing as against all the world except B, while with regard to B he may have no rights of ownership at all, being bound, by virtue of a personal relation between them, to allow B to have the use and profits of the property, or even to deal with the property as B may direct. As the rules of the common law only recognize A's rights to the property and ignore those of B, A is called the legal owner, while B is called the equitable owner, because his rights are only recognized by virtue of the doctrines of equity. The legal owner is the nominal owner, the equitable the beneficial owner.(Jowitt's, 2nd ed., 1977, p. 1302).

French

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

propriétaire nominal : terme normalisé 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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Record 3 2013-03-15

English

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

The legal owner is the nominal owner, the equitable the beneficial owner. (Jowitt’s, 2nd ed., 1977, p. 1302).

OBS

The term has come to be used in technical contrast to the equitable owner, and not as opposed to an illegal owner. (Black’s, 5th ed., 1979, p. 806).

OBS

(A) may be the owner of a thing as against all the world except B, while with regard to B he may have no rights of ownership at all, being bound, by virtue of a personal relation between them, to allow B to have the use and profits of the property, or even to deal with the property as B may direct. As the rules of the common law only recognise A's rights to the property and ignore those of B, A is called the legal owner, while B is called the equitable owner, because his rights are only recognised by virtue of the doctrines of equity.

French

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

propriétaire en common law : terme normalisé 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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Record 4 1992-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

Advocates educating the irresponsible pet owner who has lost understanding both of the nature of his pet and of what ownership involves. Tries to bring priorities into a pet-oriented society by stressing that many children are undernourished, while pet food companies thrive

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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