Exceptions to the Principle nemo plus iuris with Respect to the Acquiring of Real Estate from Non-Owner under the Slovak Legal Order

Abstract

The article analyzes the issue of possibility to acquire real estate from third persons who are not owners of real estate and do not also have the right to transfer the real estate. The contribution pays attention to the exceptions from the general principle of civil law nemo plus iuris ad alium transferre potest quam ispe habet. The contribution analyzes especially the acquiring of real estate from non-owner in inheritance proceedings, bankruptcy proceedings, enforcement proceedings, voluntary auction and acquiring the real estate which is not registered in the land register.