Land & Gender

An Act relating to the administration of estates of deceased persons. "Administration" means probate of the will of a deceased person, and includes letters of administration of the estate of a deceased person, granted with or without a will annexed, for general, special, or limited purposes, and in the case of a trustee corporation includes an order to administer and an election to administer.

This Decree-Law, consisting of 4 Chapters, approves the structure of the IV Constitutional Government of Timor-Leste. It establishes composition, competences and duties of the Fourth Reform of the Government of the country and specifies all the area involved in order to allow to face the problems of the country according to the needs and priority of its population.

La presente Ley modifica e incorpora nuevas disposiciones a la Ley Nº 1.715 de 1996, con la que se estableció la estructura del Servicio Nacional de Reforma Agraria, abocado a realizar la reforma agraria y el régimen de distribución de tierras.

This Act provides for administration of land and other property of deceased persons.

An Act to provide for deeds of inheritance of property including real estates. The Act consists of 45 sections divide into 6 Parts: Preliminary (I); Wills; rectification and interpretation of wills (II); Wills executed outside the Bahamas (III); Members of defence force (IV); Mariners and seamen (V); General (VI).

This Law makes provision with respect to registration of title in land and effects of registration and provides for a wide variety of matters regarding specific title in land such as leases, charges, transfers, co-ownership and partition, trusts and transmission on death.The Law establishes a Land Register and requires the Governor to appoint a Land Registrar, the functions and powers of which

La presente Ley tiene por objetivo garantizar y estimular la propiedad inmobiliaria rural y su función socioeconómica.

This Act grants powers within Montserrat to the Consul, Vice-Consul, or Consular Agent of a State to administer the estate of a deceased person of such State.

This Act makes provision in relation to priorities and preferences in the administration of the estate of a deceased person. It also provides for law of bankruptcy to apply in certain matters of administration of deceased’s insolvent estate.

This Act makes provision for the administration of the small estates of deceased persons. Where a person dies intestate leaving a small estate, an application may be made to the Registrar of the High Court at any time not earlier than one month after the death of such person for a grant of letters of administration in respect of such estate.

This Act makes provision for the devolution of legal interest in real estate on the decease of the owner to personal representatives or representative. The Act also provides for administration of the estate by the personal representatives or representative of a deceased person and transfer to heir or devisee.

This Act makes provision for the administration of unrepresented estates (as defined) by the Administrator of Estates appointed under this Act. After receiving, upon application to Court, an order, the Administrator of Estates shall forthwith take possession and cause an inventory of the estate mentioned in such order to be made, and shall file the inventory in Court.