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English translation: land register for commonhold flats


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German term or phrase:Wohnungsgrundbücher
English translation:land register for commonhold flats
Entered by: Jon Fedler
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07:20 Sep 16, 2011
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Law/Patents - Real Estate / Wohnungsgrundbuch
German term or phrase: Wohnungsgrundbücher
K A U F V E R T R A G
mit Werkvertrag betreffend die Erstellung einer Eigentumswohnung

Der Verkäufer hat diesen Grundbesitz gemäß § 8 WEG in der Weise in Miteigentumsanteile aufgeteilt, dass mit jedem Miteigentumsanteil das Sondereigentum an einer bestimmten Wohnung oder an nicht zu Wohnzwecken dienenden Räumen verbunden ist. ...

Mit Anlegung der *Wohnungsgrundbücher* wird folgendes Wohnungseigentum gebildet:
100/1.000 Miteigentumsanteil am vorbezeichneten Grundbesitz,
verbunden mit dem Sondereigentum an allen Räumen der Wohnung im Dachgeschoss rechts nebst Loggia,
im Aufteilungsplan mit Nummer 14 bezeichnet.

Romain, Byrd and Thielecke's dictionary cites 'condominium register' but I need a UK English equivalent for condominium
Jon Fedler
Local time: 19:37
land register for commonhold flats
Explanation:
Wohnungsgrundbuch
[english: land register for commonhold flats
http://www.immobilien-fachwissen.de/lexikon/lexikon.php?quer...

Commonhold is a recognition of the co-operation required between any community of owners living within a defined area while permitting the benefits of freehold title to each of the community proprietors. The core feature is that two or more freehold owners each have title to properties within the land registered as an estate in commonhold land. Each freeholder has a title to a commonhold unit and, therefore, exclusive permanent ownership of a specified piece of property while having the benefit of, and being subject to, enforceable community rules and regulations.
http://www.practicalconveyancing.co.uk/content/view/9319/111...

Commonhold: A new type of tenure created by the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act (2002). Commonhold allows for the freehold of ownership of the individual flat within a block and the shared ownership of the common parts.
http://www.mirzasolicitors.co.uk/service.php?id=5

Key words: flat, apartment, commonhold, ownership, possession, registration, Land Register,
Cadastre, case study
http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:tQN5ahJGQNUJ:www.f...
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Marga Shaw
Local time: 17:37
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1land register for commonhold flatsMarga Shaw
Summary of reference entries provided
Leasehold or commonhold
Nicola Wood
Condominium - definition
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land register for commonhold flats


Explanation:
Wohnungsgrundbuch
[english: land register for commonhold flats
http://www.immobilien-fachwissen.de/lexikon/lexikon.php?quer...

Commonhold is a recognition of the co-operation required between any community of owners living within a defined area while permitting the benefits of freehold title to each of the community proprietors. The core feature is that two or more freehold owners each have title to properties within the land registered as an estate in commonhold land. Each freeholder has a title to a commonhold unit and, therefore, exclusive permanent ownership of a specified piece of property while having the benefit of, and being subject to, enforceable community rules and regulations.
http://www.practicalconveyancing.co.uk/content/view/9319/111...

Commonhold: A new type of tenure created by the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act (2002). Commonhold allows for the freehold of ownership of the individual flat within a block and the shared ownership of the common parts.
http://www.mirzasolicitors.co.uk/service.php?id=5

Key words: flat, apartment, commonhold, ownership, possession, registration, Land Register,
Cadastre, case study
http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:tQN5ahJGQNUJ:www.f...


Marga Shaw
Local time: 17:37
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 2

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nicola Wood
1 hr
  -> Thank you Nicola, have a nice weekend

neutral  AllegroTrans: a) how do you know these are flats? b) isn't "commonhold" a uniquely UK term that does not exist in German?
7 hrs
  -> Please raad my refrences.
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Reference comments


22 mins
Reference: Leasehold or commonhold

Reference information:
I think this infomation from the UK Land Registry might help you.

Grundbuch is usually the land register, but for flats the normal forms of registration are Commonhold and Leasehold

See under practice / commonhold for more information


    Reference: http://www.landregistry.gov.uk/
Nicola Wood
Austria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
neutral  AllegroTrans: beware; these are term appropriate to UK and some other common law jurisdictions; they don't work for Germany
8 hrs
  -> The asker specifically asked for UK English equivalents. I chose to enter this as a reference rather than an answer precisely because it is not directly applicable, but might be of use to the asker in finding an appropriate term
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8 hrs
Reference: Condominium - definition

Reference information:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the form of housing. For the international law describing a territory in which two sovereign powers have equal rights, see Condominium (international law).
Scales of justice
Property law
Part of the common law series
Acquisition
Gift · Adverse possession · Deed
Conquest · Discovery · Accession
Lost, mislaid, and abandoned property
Treasure trove · Bailment · License
Alienation
Estates in land
Allodial title · Fee simple · Fee tail
Life estate · Defeasible estate
Future interest · Concurrent estate
Leasehold estate · Condominiums
Conveyancing
Bona fide purchaser
Torrens title · Strata title
Estoppel by deed · Quitclaim deed
Mortgage · Equitable conversion
Action to quiet title · Escheat
Future use control
Restraint on alienation
Rule against perpetuities
Rule in Shelley's Case
Doctrine of worthier title
Nonpossessory interest
Easement · Profit
Covenant
Equitable servitude
Related topics
Fixtures · Waste · Partition
Riparian water rights
Prior-appropriation water rights
Lateral and subjacent support
Assignment · Nemo dat
Property and conflict of laws
Other common law areas
Contract law · Tort law
Wills, trusts and estates
Criminal law · Evidence
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A condominium, or condo, is the form of housing tenure and other real property where a specified part of a piece of real estate (usually of an apartment house) is individually owned while use of and access to common facilities in the piece such as hallways, heating system, elevators, exterior areas is executed under legal rights associated with the individual ownership and controlled by the association of owners that jointly represent ownership of the whole piece.

Colloquially, the term is often used to refer to the unit itself in place of the word "apartment". A condominium may be simply defined as an "apartment" that the resident "owns" as opposed to rents.

Condominium is the legal term used in the United States and in most provinces of Canada. In Australia and the Canadian province of British Columbia it is referred to as strata title. In Quebec the term "divided co-property" (French: co-propriété divisée) is used, although the colloquial name remains 'condominium'. In France the equivalent is called copropriété (co-ownership), usually managed by the syndic. In New Zealand an "apartment" refers to a unit that is owned, while a rented unit is referred to as a "flat". In South Africa, this form of ownership is called Sectional Title, with the owners constituting the Body Corporate.[1]

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