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INCHOATE TITLE [3 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2013-02-19
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- PAJLO
- Property Law (common law)
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- inchoate right
1, record 1, English, inchoate%20right
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
A rudimentary interest. (Ballentine’s, 3rd ed., 1969, p. 599). 1, record 1, English, - inchoate%20right
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Common law dower was merely an inchoate right dependent upon the wife surviving her husband.(Di Castri, "Registration of Title to Land", 1987, p. 301). 1, record 1, English, - inchoate%20right
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- PAJLO
- Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- droit virtuel
1, record 1, French, droit%20virtuel
correct, masculine noun, standardized
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
droit virtuel : 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). 2, record 1, French, - droit%20virtuel
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 PHR
Droit de propriété familiale imparfait 2, record 1, French, - droit%20virtuel
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2012-12-05
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- PAJLO
- Property Law (common law)
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- dower right
1, record 2, English, dower%20right
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- right of dower 1, record 2, English, right%20of%20dower
correct
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
At common law, whenever a husband became seised(otherwise than as a joint tenant) of an estate of inheritance during coverture which issue of the marriage, if any, could inherit, the wife obtained an inchoate right of dower therein which became consummate on the husband's death survived by his wife. The dower right was a life interest in one-third of such freeholds of inheritance and constituted a clog on the husband's title even in his life-time.(Laskin, Revised Edition 1964, p. 72). 1, record 2, English, - dower%20right
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 CONT
The right of dower was twofold: namely, inchoate and consummate. (Mendes da Costa and Balfour, p. 730) 1, record 2, English, - dower%20right
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- PAJLO
- Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- droit de douaire
1, record 2, French, droit%20de%20douaire
correct, masculine noun, standardized
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Dans certains textes législatifs, le pluriel («dower rights») est défini de sorte qu'il désigne l'ensemble des droits d'un conjoint sur les biens de l'autre conjoint : voir, par exemple, R.S.A. 1980, c. D-38. 1, record 2, French, - droit%20de%20douaire
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS
droit de douaire : 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). 2, record 2, French, - droit%20de%20douaire
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 1994-02-18
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Political Geography and Geopolitics
- International Law
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- inchoate title
1, record 3, English, inchoate%20title
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The idea of coalescence of sovereignty over a territory lends substance to the doctrine of "inchoate title"... Obviously the State that is in process of perfecting its title has more claim to the terra nullius than any other, though its title is not unimpeachable. In a sense it may be said that the claimant State has a privilege to perfect its title, which implies that any other State has an equal privilege to frustrate by taking more final and decisive action. In the absence of such more final and decisive action the claimant's privilege amounts of priority of interest"... The doctrine in inchoate title [attributes] as against an interloper the widest extent of territory to the claimant who has actually made the first settlement. 1, record 3, English, - inchoate%20title
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Géographie politique et géopolitique
- Droit international
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- titre naissant
1, record 3, French, titre%20naissant
masculine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
inchoate title : Expression anglaise désignant le titre naissant, provisoire qui résulte de la découverte d'un territoire et qui a besoin d'être complété par l'occupation effective. 1, record 3, French, - titre%20naissant
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
«La découverte, accompagnée d'une affirmation publique de souveraineté, ne crée qu'un titre naissant (inchoate title), capable d'écarter les tiers du territoire auquel il s'applique, pendant le temps nécessaire à son développement par l'occupation, mais non pas indéfiniment, car, suffisant pour permettre à celui qui l'a de le compléter par l'occupation effective, il n'y peut suppléer». 1, record 3, French, - titre%20naissant
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
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