situs
Literal translation
position; site; location
Legal meaning
In South African law, situs refers to the location of property or a thing for legal purposes. It is commonly used in private international law, property law, and jurisdictional questions to determine which court has authority or which legal system applies, especially in relation to immovable property and certain movable assets. The concept appears in expressions such as situs rei sitae, indicating the place where the property is situated.
Cases citing this term
- 🇿🇦 Serva Ship Limited v Discount Tonnage LimitedSupreme Court of Appeal of South Africa· 2000-08-31· 263/98
JJA and MELUNSKY AJA. Heard: 18 AUGUST 2000 Delivered: 31 AUGUST 2000 Subject: Jurisdiction - situs of rights in personam - maritime claims JUDGMENT HARMS JA: [1] The general rule is that
- 🇿🇦 Yagambaram Moodley v Nedcor Bank LtdSupreme Court of Appeal of South Africa· 2007-03-27· 85/06
Palm's case recognises what is a patent fact that the Court of the situs is the best-equipped Court to deal with matters relating to land situated within its
- 🇿🇦 Krok v Commissioner for the South African Revenue ServicesSupreme Court of Appeal of South Africa· 2015-08-20· 20230/2014 and 20232/2014
sum, the transfer of rights in movable property, which is governed by the lex situs, requires delivery. [45] None of these legal requirements appear to have been met in respect
- 🇿🇦 Stellenbosch Farmers' Winery Limited v Commissioner for the South African Revenue ServiceSupreme Court of Appeal of South Africa· 2012-05-25· 511/2011 and 504/2011
exclusive distribution right, which was incorporeal property, was not situated in the Republic. The situs of an incorporeal right is where the debtor resides. MV Snow Delta: Serva Ship Ltd
- 🇿🇦 Louistef (Pty) Ltd v Snyders NO as Trustee of Louis Snyders Familie TrustSupreme Court of Appeal of South Africa· 2016-11-29· 1060/2015
Delivered: 29 November 2016 Summary: Petroleum Products Act 120 of 1977: sale of site licence issued in terms of s 2D of the Act: whether site licence constituted a merchantable
- 🇿🇦 C W A Snyders N.O. as Trustee of the Louis Snyders Familie Trust v Louistef (Pty) Ltd and AnotherConstitutional Court of South Africa· 2017-08-03· CCT 311/16
August 2017 Summary: Petroleum Products Amendment Act 58 of 2003 — legal nature of site licences under section 2D — licence is asset, but subject to constraint ORDER THE COURT On appeal
- 🇿🇦 Mutual Construction Company (TVL) (Pty) Ltd v Komati Dam Joint VentureSupreme Court of Appeal of South Africa· 2008-09-23· 466/07
for the hire of a truck and its operator for use on a building site – operator remaining the employee of the truck's owner but operating on site under the
- 🇿🇦 Mvulazana Georgina Kuzwayo v The Representative of the Executor in the Estate of the Late Mbongeni Jonas MasilelaSupreme Court of Appeal of South Africa· 2010-12-01· 28/2010
PILLAY AJA Heard: 16 NOVEMBER 2010 Delivered: 1 DECEMBER 2010 Summary: Holder of a site permit and occupier of site entitled to apply for order that Registrar of Deeds cancel
- 🇿🇦 Gensinger and Neave CC & Others v Minister of Mineral Resources and EnergySupreme Court of Appeal of South Africa· 2024-04-15· 223/2023
the Petroleum Products Act 120 of 1977 – whether the holders of site and retail licences are persons 'directly affected' by the Controller's decision to grant site and retail licences
- 🇿🇦 WBHO Construction (Pty) Ltd v Themba Hlatshwayo N.O. and Others
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