Private Law

• Private Law


  A collection of legal rules that apply to a variety of legal relationships in which the acting person in the relationship is called a "person" or "legal subject".

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  Governs the legal relationships between persons ( natural and juristic persons ), and their status.

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  The law that governs / regulates relationships between private individuals.

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• Law of Persons


  Governs the definition, classification, and status of natural persons in law ( for example , the determination that life ( and legal personality) begins at birth and terminates upon death). OR

  Governs the coming into existence, the private law status, and coming to an end of a legal subject or natural person.
• Natural Person ( relating to Law of Persons)


  human beings - irrespective of their status or mental and physical capacities.
• Juristic Person/ Juristic ( relating to the Law of Persons)


  A community or association of people, like a company.

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  Entities to which the law gives legal rights, duties and obligations ( for example a company). Juristic persons have separate legal existence from their directors, shareholders and members.
• Legal Subject ( relating to the Law of Persons)


  A person is a legal subject. This means that the law recognises their (legal subjectivity) and they have legal rights and duties.

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  Refers to legal persons ( or simply 'persons' ) Every legal person has legal personality, which is the ability to acquire legal rights, duties and obligations.
• Legal Objects ( relating to the Law of Persons)


  Refers to an object that has economic value and in which a legal subject can have legal rights, duties and obligations ( e
• Legal Rights ( relating to the Law of Persons )

  Refers to 2 types of rights :

  Personal rights are rights that one person can exercise only against specific people.

  Real rights are rights that can be enforced against the whole world.
• Obligation ( relating to the Law of Persons)


  An obligation is a legal bond (vinculum iuris) by which one or more parties (obligants) are bound to act or refrain from acting.
• Reciprocity ( relating to the Law of Persons)

  The mutual exchange of privileges between states, nations, businesses, or individuals for commercial or diplomatic purposes.
• Consent ( relating to the Law of Persons)

  a person voluntarily and willfully agrees in response to another person's proposition. The person who consents must possess sufficient mental capacity.
• Capacity ( Legal ) ( relating to the Law of Persons)


  The ability to enter into legally binding contracts.

  Ability in Law to : take legal action.

  exercise legal rights.

  have action taken against you.

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  Refers to a person's ability in law to exercise legal rights.
• Family Law


  Determines the rights and obligations that arise between the people between whom the interpersonal relationship exists.

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  The branch of law that regulates the relationships between children and their parents or guardians and which regulates marriages and other intimate relationships between adults.

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  Regulates family relationships between life - partners or spouses. and between parent and child.
• Law of Contract


  Regulates the formation of a valid contract; the rights , duties and obligations between the parties; and the termination of the contractual relationship.
• Law of Delict


  This branch of law deals with the payment of compensation to person who sustained harm,loss or damage , as a result of another person's negligent or reckless actions. A party can claim for patrimonial loss ( monetary) and / or non-patrimonial loss ( pain and suffering).
• Law of Succession


  This branch of law governs what happens to a person's estate ( assets and liabilities) after death.
• The tort of negligence is the failure to take reasonable care, which results in damage or injury