Property Law
Property law defines ownership, its limits, and the rights that may exist over things. A candidate must understand the distinction between movable and immovable property, the attributes of ownership (use, enjoyment, disposal), and the doctrine of abuse of right. Study co-ownership, partition, and the rules on neighbours, including boundaries, easements, and party walls. Know how ownership is acquired: contract, inheritance, accession, and prescription.
Real rights over another's property are central: usufruct, use, habitation, servitude, and mortgage. Understand their creation, transfer, and extinction. Questions often test whether a right is personal or real, and whether registration is required for it to be effective against third parties.
Traps: assuming possession alone transfers immovable ownership; confusing a lease with a real right; and overlooking that a mortgage requires registration. Another trap is the treatment of future or undivided property in sale contracts.
Rule of thumb: identify the right, then the mode of creation, then the publicity requirement. Worked example: a landowner grants a right of way to a neighbour. The servitude must be defined, registered, and consistent with the dominant and servient tenements; an unregistered agreement binds only the parties.
Study expropriation and public property limits briefly, and know that notarial acts concerning immovables must satisfy both civil law and registration law.