Lands not owned or occupied by any identifiable person. Also
known as al-ard ghair al-mamlukah. They are of three
types: (a) those lands which provide common convenience to the
inhabitants, such as streets, roads, drains, graveyards,
mosques, grazing fields, etc., which cannot be owned by any
particular person and even the state cannot impose proprietary
restrictions on their use, known as al-ard fana li baladah;
(b) those lands, consisting of jungles, barren fields,
mountains, etc., which do not provide any common convenience,
are not arable and are not owned by anyone, also known as al-mawat;
(c) those arable lands not owned by anyone, also known as al-ard
li-bait al-mal.
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