Definition : Voting right

A right granted to any legal or natural person ,holding an ownership  title on a fraction, allowing him to participate to the decisions of the meeting of the co-owners by expressing his will during a vote. The number of votes detained by a co-owner is proportional to the relative value of his fraction.

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