What are the types of rights over land recognised in Malta. Are any of them purely contractual between the parties?
The Maltese legal system recognises an extensive list of rights over land which include ownership, lease, rural lease, usufruct, servitudes, easements, emphyteutical grants, sub-emphyteutical grants, priviliges and hypothecs. Lease and emphyteutical grants in general are the only rights which may be said to be purely contractual between the parties although certain aspects of them are covered by law in the absence of specific provisions between the parties while other rights may result on a contractual, legal or judicial basis.
