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I have a situation related to: Easements of way

The art. 694 CC establishes the right of necessary passage (Notwegrecht): the owner of an enclosed parcel of land may require their neighbours to grant a passage in exchange for full compensation. An enclosed parcel is the absence of sufficient access to the public way. Necessary passage is granted in principle…

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easement I'd be happy to help translate the Swiss legal text into English, but I notice the text you've provided is just the word "passage" which doesn't appear to be a full legal document requiring translation. Could you please provide the complete legal text you'd like me to translate? Once you do, I will: - Translate it into English - Preserve all protected tokens (__JB_KEEP_*__) - Keep all URLs, law references, amounts, dates, citations, and placeholders exactly as they are - Use the preferred glossary terms: - formal notice => formal notice - payment order => payment order - lease agreement => lease agreement Please share the full text you need translated. enclave access property

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