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For the first 100 years or so from becoming independent in 1844, the Dominican Republic had a legal system based on French law, specifically on the Napoleonic Codes – civil, civil procedure, commercial, criminal and criminal procedure –
For the first 100 years or so from becoming independent in 1844, the Dominican Republic had a legal system based on French law, specifically on the Napoleonic Codes – civil, civil procedure, commercial, criminal and criminal procedure –
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Under Dominican law, there are several types of ownership of real estate. The
most common is absolute property, similar to the common law concept
of freehold, which grants the titleholders, according to Article 51
of the Constitution, the right to enjoy, make use of and dispose of
their properties.
Other types of ownership of real estate recognized under
Dominican law are (1) co-ownership under Condominium Law 5038 of
1958, by which two or more co-owners share the ownership of a
residential or commercial property or both, each enjoying full