Definition : Unanimity

Majority with the consent of all co-owners, during a vote at the meeting of co-owners. It represents all the voices that can be expressed in the co-ownership.

WARNING! ? Given its fundamental importance, any change to the destination of the immovable requires a favourable vote by three-quarters of the co-owners, representing 90% of the votes of all co-owners. Article 53 of the Act Respecting the Implementation of the Reform of the Civil Code (L.Q. 1992, c. 57) provides, however, that if a declaration of co-ownership registered prior to 1994 establishes the unanimity rule for decisions regarding the change of the destination of the immovable, this requirement remains, despite sections 1098(1) and 1101 of the Civil Code of Québec.