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- The State acknowledges that man, in virtue of
his rational being, has the natural right, antecedent
to positive law, to the private ownership of external
goods.
- The State accordingly guarantees to pass no
law attempting to abolish the right of private
ownership or the general right to transfer, bequeath,
and inherit property.
- The State recognises, however, that the
exercise of the rights mentioned in the foregoing
provisions of this Article ought, in civil society, to
be regulated by the principles of social justice.
- The State, accordingly, may as occasion
requires delimit by law the exercise of the said
rights with a view to reconciling their exercise with
the exigencies of the common good.
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