immovable property
Article 12 - Immovable property is that which cannot be transported from place to place either because it is the nature of the thing to be fixed in one place or because, as the result of human action, the damage or injury either to the property itself or its emplacement. Article 13 - Land and buildings and mills and everything which is fixed in a building and is by common use considered apart of it are immovable, and similarly pipes which have been laid under the ground or in a building for carrying water or for other purposes are to be accounted immovable. Article 14 - Mirrors, Painted curtains, statues and similar objects, in so far as they are attached to the ground or to a building in such a way that their removal would cause injury or damage to their emplacements, are considered immovable. Article 15 - Fruits and crops shall be deemed immovable that they have not been picked or reaped, and if a portion shall have been picked or reaped , only that portion shall be accounted movable. Article 16 - In general, trees and branches thereof, young plants and cuttings, as long as they have not been cut or dug, be considered immovable Article 17 - Animals and the equipment which the owner shall have provided specifically for cultivation such as oxen, buffaloes, machines, implements and appurtenances of husbandry, seeds etc and in general all movable goods which are necessary for the prosecution of farming operations and have been devoted by the owner exclusively to this purpose shall, for purposes of competency of courts and of attachment of property, be considered as forming part of the landed property and shall be treated as immovable property, as also shall pumps, oxen and other animals, appropriated for the irrigation of fields, houses and gardens. Article 18 - Rights benefits from immovable objects such as a life interest, the right of residence and similarly the rights of easements over the land of another. Such as the rights of passages and of transit of water and the claims related to immovable property such as demands for eviction and similar applications, shall follow the rules concerning immovable property.
