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(Grund)Last

English translation: encumbrance

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German term or phrase:(Grund)Last
English translation:encumbrance
Entered by: Timothy Wood

23:13 Jul 3, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Real Estate / Land Parcel assignments
German term or phrase: (Grund)Last
This/these term/s have been used to describe either 1. the responsibility of a Swiss owner to "erect and maintain a street lamp" and to "build a fence" or are describing 2. the limits of the space what the owner can claim.

This/these term/s have under the annotations that deal with "Dienstbarkeiten" i.e. "subservience" and they seem to mean the opposite of "Recht".
Recht: bauliche Ausnuetzung von 40 3/4 m.
Last: Bepflanzungs/Einfriedigungsbeschraekungen parzelle 90
Timothy Wood
United States
Local time: 03:47
encumbrance
Explanation:
on a lot; also, in Dietl/Lorenz
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Teresa Reinhardt
United States
Local time: 02:47
Grading comment
YES. Thank you very much. Sorry it took so long to grade this.
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2encumbrance
Teresa Reinhardt
4positive/restrictive [planning] covenant
Adrian MM. (X)


  

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encumbrance


Explanation:
on a lot; also, in Dietl/Lorenz

Teresa Reinhardt
United States
Local time: 02:47
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 48
Grading comment
YES. Thank you very much. Sorry it took so long to grade this.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X): as in limits/conditions
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Ingeborg!
agree  DC Josephs
8 hrs
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3 days 8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
positive/restrictive [planning] covenant


Explanation:
Local land charge in the UK is imposed by the local authority.

1. positive: to erect

2. restrictive: limiting of space.

Example sentence(s):
  • And even then, I can enforce the restrictive covenant against the new owner, ... On the other hand, if you had granted me a positive covenant to water my ...

    Reference: http://www.wcel.org/wcelpub/5110/5110c14.html
Adrian MM. (X)
Local time: 11:47
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 228
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