The Annexation by Fixture in the English Law, An Analytical comparative Study with the Iraqi Civil Law

Section: Article
Issue
Vol. 26 No. 94 (28)
Published
Mar 17, 2026
Pages
41-90

Abstract

The Fixture is considered as a cause of original acquisition of the right of ownership، as well as two other causes or ways، that is to say، the finding and the adverse possession. It is worth-bearing in mind also that the fixture is a type of the annexation of the chattels with real property، so as for the movable thing to lose its intrinsic character and becomes a part and parcel of the realty. The fixture is a chattel annexed to the real property to become a part of it. And is reserved or dedicated to serve it.the fixture has two main forms in the English law: the first is the annexation of the chattel to the real property so as to become a part and parcel of that realty. The second is the annexation by the way of the fixture. Many legal effects arise from the fixture in the English law. Whereas the Iraqi civil law No.40 of 1951 considered chattels annexed by their owner to the real property he or she also owns for its service and exploitation as a fixture

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Younis Salah El-Din Ali

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https://doi.org/10.33899/alaw.v26i94.62103
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