Article 81

Anything that is not outside the ambit of trade by its nature of by virtue of the law, may be the object of proprietary rights.

Things outside the ambit of trade by their very nature are things that cannot be objects of exclusive possession. Things outside the ambit of trade by law are things which, in accordance with the law, cannot be objects of proprietary rights.

Article 82

Things which are fixed and which cannot be removed without damage are immovable. All other things are movables.

A movable placed by its owner in an immovable owned by him with the intention of serving or exploiting such immovable is considered an immovable by reason of its destined use.

Article 83

All real rights over immovable property including the right of ownership and all suits relating to a real right over an immovable are deemed to be immovable property.

All other proprietary rights are deemed to be movable property.

Article 84

Consumable things are those things whose utility, by reason of their destined use, consists in their consumption or disposal.

All things destined for sale in commercial establishments are deemed to be consumable.

Article 85

Fungibles are those things which can be replaced one by another in a payment and which it is customary in trade to estimate by number, measure, volume or weight.

Article 86

Rights in respect of a non-material object are regulated by special laws.

Article 87

Immovable and movable property owned by the State or other public juristic persons and allocated either in fact or by virtue of a law or a decree for purposes of public utility, forms part of the public domain.

Such immovable and movable property is not alienable, is not liable to seizure nor to acquisition by prescription.

Article 88

Properties forming part of the public domain lose this status with the cessation of their allocation for public utility purposes.

This cessation takes place by virtue of a law, or a decree, or in fact, or if the object of public utility for which they were allocated comes to an end.