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Marital assets or property of the marriage, meaning jointly owned by husband and wife. In general all properties acquired by the spouses after the marriage (except those listed in section 1471 under 3) become part of the property of husband and wife.

Personal non-marital property of husband or wife, i.e. generally all debts and assets owned and acquired before the marriage (including 'Khongman')

Property given by the man to the parents, adopter or guardian of his fiancée before marriage as part of engagement ceremony (betrothal), in return for the woman (fiancée) agreeing to marry the man (found in Thai law section 1437 civil code).

Land document issued by the Forest Department granting the right to a private person to reside and live in a specific area of land in reserved forest land (public land prohibited for private ownership), a sor.tor.gor gives a personal right (like the right of habitation) and cannot be sold but can be passed on by inheritance.

A person who is capable of managing one's own affairs, like making a valid contract. A person who has all the rights and is not under the power of another (e.g. a minor). Every one of full age is presumed to be sui juris. In Thailand a person on completion of twenty years of age becomes sui juris (section 19 Thailand civil and commercial code).

Civil law property law legal term, the registered real property right attached to land by which a person obtains a temporary right to own buildings, structures or plantations upon land belonging to another person governed by the civil code section 1410 to 1416.