superficiários (direito minerário)

English translation: surface owners/ surface land onwers

16:05 Jun 14, 2012
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Mining & Minerals / Gems
Portuguese term or phrase: superficiários (direito minerário)
Existem também ações relacionadas a superficiários (direito minerário), como reintegração de posse, servidão, indenização.
PaulaEsp
Local time: 06:08
English translation:surface owners/ surface land onwers
Explanation:
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surface owners/ surface land onwers


Explanation:
hope it helps

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superficiaries


Explanation:
Superficiary
(n.)
One to whom a right of surface occupation is granted; one who pays quitrent for a house built upon another man's ground

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Mines and Communities: Latin American Update
The affected residents, called "SUPERFICIARIES" in the subtle mining terminology, gave emotional testimonies of their connections to the land where they were born, and .

http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=191

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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Superficiary

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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-06-14 18:06:52 GMT)
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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Superficiary

Marlene Curtis
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mark Robertson: Interesting. Do you have other sources? Your source may just be a cut and paste from ESL. Suferficiaries was listed in the 2nd Edition of Blacks but was subsequently deleted, but it is used in the English text of the Quebec Civil Code.
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agree  Jessica Campos: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/superficiary
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