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§ 7. Definition of thing
- (1)
- For the purposes of law, a thing is a corporeal object.
- (2)
- In the cases specified by law, the provisions valid with respect to things apply to rights.
(17.02.99 entered into force 01.04.99 - RT I 1999, 27, 380)
- (3)
- Animals are not things. The provisions valid with respect to things apply to animals unless otherwise provided by law.
§ 8. Immovables and movables
- (1)
- Immovables are plots of land together with their essential parts (section 16). Things which are not immovables are movables.
- (2)
- In the cases specified by law, the provisions valid with respect to immovables apply to movables.
§ 9. Common, public and private things
- (1)
- A common thing is a thing which due to its nature cannot be owned by anyone and may be used by everyone such as the air and the high seas.
- (2)
- A public thing is a thing which is owned by the state or a municipality and due to its communal character is used by everyone such as the territorial sea and inland sea, navigable bodies of water, public roads, squares and parks.
- (3)
- A private thing is a thing which is neither common nor public and may belong to any owner. In the cases provided by law, a private thing may be designated for public use.
- (4)
- Common and public things are not in commerce.
§ 10. Fungible and non-fungible things
- (1)
- Movables are fungible or non-fungible.
- (2)
- Movables which are specified in commerce on the basis of specific characteristics according to number, dimension and weight are fungibles.
- (3)
- At the intention of the parties, a fungible thing may be granted the properties of a non-fungible thing and vice versa with respect to the parties.
§ 11. Consumable and unconsumable things
- (1)
- Movables are consumable or unconsumable.
- (2)
- Movables which upon their intended use cease to exist or are transferred are consumable.
- (3)
- Movables which belong to a body of things for which the intended use involves the transfer of individual things shall also be deemed consumable.
§ 12. Divisible and indivisible things
- (1)
- A thing is divisible or indivisible.
- (2)
- A thing which may be divided into parts without damaging its character and each part of which forms a whole after division is divisible.
- (3)
- A divisible thing may be deemed indivisible in the cases provided by law.
§ 13. Body of things
A body of things is comprised of individual things which are joined for a specific purpose and form one object under a common name with respect to rights and obligations.
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