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VIVIR ILEGALMENTE PROPIEDAD OTRO [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2006-04-04
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Property Law (common law)
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- squat
1, record 1, English, squat
correct, verb
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[T]o settle on land without right or title or payment of rent ... to occupy without permission an abandoned or unguarded empty house... (Webster's, 1966, p. 2215) 2, record 1, English, - squat
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- squatter
1, record 1, French, squatter
correct, standardized
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
squatteur : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2006). 2, record 1, French, - squatter
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Squatter (v.) Domaine : Urbanisme. Définition : Prendre abusivement possession d'un local vacant. Note : Le terme squatteriser ne doit pas être employé. Anglais : «To squatt» [sic]. (Arrêté du 16 juillet 1984 relatif à l'enrichissement du vocabulaire de l'urbanisme et du logement, «Journal officiel - N.C.» du 21 juillet 1984) 3, record 1, French, - squatter
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 OBS
squatter : 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). 4, record 1, French, - squatter
Record 1, Key term(s)
- squatteur
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Derecho de propiedad (common law)
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
- establecerse en el terreno de otro ilegalmente
1, record 1, Spanish, establecerse%20en%20el%20terreno%20de%20otro%20ilegalmente
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
- vivir ilegalmente en la propiedad de otro 1, record 1, Spanish, vivir%20ilegalmente%20en%20la%20propiedad%20de%20otro
correct
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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