Land court or land claims court is a type of court which is charged with dealings over cases involving land titles and for disputes between landlords and tenants relating to agricultural tenancies. The exact field of jurisdiction varies by country.

Africa

The Land Claims Court of the Republic of South Africa was established in 1995 and has the same status as the High Courts of that country. The court specializes in hearing disputes that arise out of laws that underpin South Africa's land reform initiative. These are the Restitution of Land Rights Act, 1994, the Land Reform (Labour Tenants) Act, 1996 and the Extension of Security of Tenure Act, 1997. This is in line with the South African Constitution which gave people and communities who had been dispossessed of land after 19 June 1913 as a result of racially discriminatory laws or practices the right to restitution of that property or to fair compensation. The Court also fulfils an important function in reviewing certain decisions of inferior courts.

Americas

*Dominican Land Court, see Politics of the Dominican Republic#Judicial branch *

Hawaii Land Court The Land Court of the State of Hawaii (originally, the Court of Land Registration in the former U.S. Territory of Hawaii) has exclusive jurisdiction in the Hawaii State Judiciary over cases involving registered land titles. The Land Court system ...

Massachusetts Land Court The Massachusetts Land Court is one of the departments of the Trial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The court is unique among the courts of Massachusetts and among state courts in general because its subject-matter jurisdiction is lim ...

* Virginia Land Court Commission *

United States Court of Private Land Claims The United States Court of Private Land Claims (1891–1904) was an ad-hoc court created to decide land claims guaranteed by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, in the territories of New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah, and in the states of Nevada, Color ...

(1891–1904)

Asia

*Land Court of

colonial Hong Kong Hong Kong was a colony and later a dependent territory of the British Empire from 1841 to 1997, apart from a period of occupation under the Japanese Empire from 1941 to 1945 during the Pacific War. The colonial period began with the British ...

*Land Court of the Mandatory Palestine#Land ownership *Philippine Court of Land Registration (1903–1914), see Land Registration Authority (Philippines)#History

Europe

*Land Courts of Austria *Land Arbitration Court of the Irish Republic, see

Dáil Courts The Dáil Courts (also known as Republican Courts) were the judicial branch of government of the Irish Republic, which had unilaterally declared independence in 1919. They were formally established by a decree of the First Dáil on 29 June 1920 ...

*Irish Land Courts, see Irish Land Acts (see also Irish Land Commission) * Scottish Land Court *Manx Land Court, part of the

judiciary of the Isle of Man The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicature, judicial branch, judiciative branch, and court or judiciary system) is the system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements and interprets, defends, and applies the law ...

*Land Court of Moravia#History

Oceania

Land Court of New South Wales Land, also known as dry land, ground, or earth, is the solid terrestrial surface of the planet Earth that is not submerged by the ocean or other bodies of water. It makes up 29% of Earth's surface and includes the continents and various isla ...

(1889–1921), Australia * Land and Environment Court of New South Wales (1980–), Australia *

Land and Valuation Court of New South Wales {{Use dmy dates, date=May 2018 The Land and Valuation Court of New South Wales was a court which had jurisdiction to deal with disputes concerning crown land in New South Wales. It replaced the Land Court of New South Wales on 10 December 1921 and ...

(1921–1980), Australia *Queensland Land Court, Australia * Native Land Court (1865–1964), New Zealand * Māori Land Court (1964–), New Zealand *Land Court of Palau, see Politics of Palau#Judicial branch *Tongan Land Court, see Politics of Tonga#Judicial branch

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