Ownership, Division of Things, MICI, Accession Flashcards
Ownership confers on a person
direct, immediate, and exclusive authority over a thing, the owner may use, and enjoy, and dispose of it within the limits of the law
Rights in things
- ownership 2.Personal Servitude 3. Other real rights as the law allows.
Nature of possession
possession is a matter of fact, nevertheless, one who has possessed a thing for over a year acquires the right to possess it
Things are divided into
common, public, and private, corporeal and incorporeal, and movables and immovables
Common things may
NOT be owned by anyone, ie air high seas
Public things are
owned by the state, ie running waters, bottoms of navigable water ways
public things that may be long to political subdivisions
streets, public squares
private things are
owned by individuals, other private persons, and by the state or political subdivisions in their capacity as private persons.
Private things subject to public use
in accordance by law or dedication
Dedication is
irrevocable
tacit dedication
results from maintenance of streets or alleyways by the public for 3 years with actual or constructive notice to the owner
transfer of immovable property, valid forms:
authentic act (notary 2 witnesses) or act under private signature
Incorporeal movables
things that have no body but are comprehended by the understanding such as rights and obligations
Incorporeal immovables
things have no body, but are comprehended by the understanding of such rights, personal servitudes, predial servitudes, petitory and possessory action
Written from required by law
when a law requires a contract to be in written form, the contract may not be prove by testimony or by presumption, unless the written instrument has been destroyed, lost or stolen
Component parts of tracts of land
buildings, OCPAG
buildings and standing timber are
separate immoables