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Judicial principles and studiesCompensation and insurance

Contracting Agreement: Judicial Notice and Defective Performance

A concise overview of how Articles 785 and 786 affect an employer's remedies and evidentiary approach when a contractor's performance is defective.

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Judicial principles and studiesProperty and real estate

Code of Civil Procedure — Valuation of Contract Rescission Claims

The study summarizes rules for valuing contract-rescission claims affecting court fees, emphasizing the requirement to produce original contracts and the court's duty to verify fees ex officio.

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Judicial principles and studiesCompensation and insurance

Action on Ineffectiveness of Debtor's Dispositions and the Scope of Article 13 of the Real Property Law

The study distinguishes between annulment suits under Article 13—brought by the registered owner to restore registration or obtain compensation—and creditor actions declaring a debtor’s disposition ineffective to protect the creditors' general guarantee.

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Judicial principles and studiesProperty and real estate

Hidden Gift and Simulated Sale: Legal Characterization and Consequences

A concise summary of how courts recharacterize contracts when a sale conceals a gift, the formalities issue and special rules on land allocations. Emphasizes identifying the law in force at the time of the transaction.

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Judicial principles and studiesCompensation and insurance

Improvements on Another's Land: Valuation Timing and Heirs' Liability

A brief summary of how Article 1142 of the Civil Code applies to improvements erected with the owner's consent, focusing on valuation date, heirs' liability, and consideration of payments already made.

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Judicial principles and studiesCrime and penalties

Validity of the Search Record under Article (7) of the Code of Criminal Procedure

This study summarizes the conditions rendering a search record valid where information indicated forged electronic seals and computers, and how the owner's final answers and signature affect the procedure's validity per the referenced decision.

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Judicial principles and studiesCompensation and insurance

Fair Compensation and an Electric Company's Right to Erect Installations on Third-Party Land

The study outlines the electricity company's statutory power to place lines and installations on others' land in exchange for fair compensation, and the limits on injunction claims against such works.

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Judicial principles and studiesLeases and use rights

Expropriation and Residual Parcels from Prior Expropriations

Multiple expropriations produced residual parcels on the plaintiff's land; experts must identify their origin and usability, and a follow-up expert report is needed to assess effects when contiguous plots are combined.

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Judicial principles and studiesCompensation and insurance

Retrial and Property Rights

A brief summary highlighting the balance between protecting property rights and limiting the effect of annulment actions to preserve ownership stability and good faith. It also explains the role of res judicata in preventing disregard of prior final judgments.

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Judicial principles and studiesCrime and penalties

Nullity of Real-Estate Transactions, Good Faith and Stability of Ownership

Summary explaining how Article 13(b) limits the effects of nullity in real-estate transactions to protect good faith and ownership stability, and the judge’s choice between restoration and compensation.

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Judicial principles and studiesProperty and real estate

Dispute with the University's Owning Company: Proper Party and Effect of the University President's Contract

Summary explaining that the University of Applied Sciences and its owning company are separate legal entities; when the university president signs the mission contract within his authority, the university is the real party to the dispute, and suing the owning company amounts to suing the wrong party.

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Real Estate and PropertyFamily and personal status

Partition in Jordan: Understanding Co-Ownership and Available Routes

Partition is the legal process for ending undivided co-ownership of real property, either by agreement or through the relevant partition committee at the Department of Lands and Survey. This guide outlines the general framework and practical safeguards without predicting the outcome of any particular case.

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