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biens habous

English translation: habous

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French term or phrase:biens habous
English translation:habous
Entered by: GillW (MCIL)

21:09 May 18, 2005
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Law: Taxation & Customs
French term or phrase: biens habous
one of the categories of property exempt from community tax(ation). Possibly in an Islamic state

also as : habous de famille
GillW (MCIL)
Local time: 08:34
habous
Explanation:
I would leave it as is, we use the Arabic word in French because it is culture-specific. If I remember it well, habous property is a plot of land a Moslem donated to the community. Such lands are usually managed by an ad hoc government agency, a Bureau of Islamic Affairs eg.
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sarahl (X)
Local time: 00:34
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3 +1habous
sarahl (X)
3property in mortmain
tekki


  

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habous


Explanation:
I would leave it as is, we use the Arabic word in French because it is culture-specific. If I remember it well, habous property is a plot of land a Moslem donated to the community. Such lands are usually managed by an ad hoc government agency, a Bureau of Islamic Affairs eg.

sarahl (X)
Local time: 00:34
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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property in mortmain


Explanation:
the Islamic "habous" are also known in the French legal system as "les biens de mainmorte" ,in English "property in mortmain".

tekki
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