Permissible Things: provisions of the Mejelle concerning water, pasture, fire and hunting

Type

Law

Date of the text

01/01/1900

Official Gazette

published in 1900

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

71

What it provides

This Ottoman civil code excerpt declares water, pasturage and fire open to all people as common property, and classifies waters, wells, seas and rivers as either open or privately owned, including which river types allow pre-emption (shuf'a).

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1900. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.