Condominium

A condominium, frequently shortened to condo, is the form of housing tenure and other real property where a specified part of a piece of real estate (usually of an apartment house) is individually owned. Use of land access to common facilities in the piece such as hallways, heating system, elevators, and exterior areas are executed under legal rights associated with the individual ownership. These rights are controlled by the association of owners that jointly represent ownership of the whole piece.

Scholars have traced the concept of selling part of a building to a first century Babylonian record. "Condominium" is a legal term used in the United States and in most provinces of Canada. In Australia, New Zealand, and the Canadian province of British Columbia, it is referred to as "strata title". In Quebec, the term "divided co-property" (French: copropriété divisée) is used, although the colloquial name remains "condominium". In France, the equivalent is called copropriété (co-ownership), usually managed by the syndic. In Italy the equivalent term is "Condominio" (not surprisingly, as "Condominium" comes from Latin). In Hispanic regions, the traditional term propiedad horizontal is retained since horizon in this case signifies "defined". In South Africa, this form of ownership is called "sectional title".

Condominium (international law)

In international law, a condominium (plural either condominia, as in Latin, or condominiums) is a political territory (state or border area) in or over which multiple sovereign powers formally agree to share equally dominium (in the sense of sovereignty) and exercise their rights jointly, without dividing it up into 'national' zones.

Although a condominium has always been recognized as a theoretical possibility, condominia have been rare in practice. A major problem, and the reason so few have existed, is the difficulty of ensuring co-operation between the sovereign powers; once the understanding fails, the status is likely to become untenable.

The word is recorded in English since c. 1714, from Modern Latin, apparently coined in Germany c. 1700 from Latin com- "together" + dominium "right of ownership" (compare domain). A condominium of three sovereign powers is sometimes called a tripartite condominium or tridominium.

Current condominia

Condominium (miniseries)

Condominium is a 1980 two-part, three-hour American television miniseries based on the novel of the same name by John D. MacDonald starring Barbara Eden, Dan Haggerty and Steve Forrest and featuring an all-star cast: Ana Alicia, Richard Anderson, Ralph Bellamy, Larry Bishop, MacDonald Carey, Dane Clark, Linda Cristal, Elinor Donahue, Don Galloway, Pamela Hensley, Arte Johnson, Jack Jones, Dorothy Malone, Mimi Maynard, Lee Paul, Nehemiah Persoff, Nedra Volz, Carlene Watkins and Stuart Whitman.

Although originally produced for syndication by Operation Prime Time, a syndicated programming block for independent television stations nationwide, Condominium premiered first on Home Box Office (HBO) on April 6 and 7, 1980 and then broadcast commercially seven months later under the Operation Prime Time banner on November 20 and 21, 1980.

The miniseries' promotional tagline is: A playground for the rich, poised on the brink of destruction!

Synopsis

The miniseries is divided into two parts: the first part depicts events in the lives of the residents at Silver Sands Condominium in the fictional city of Fiddler Key, Florida – a complex built by a greedy and irresponsible corporation – and the problems that occur when an impending hurricane threatens to destroy Silver Sands. The second part begins with the hurricane approaching Fiddler Key while residents struggle to reach the mainland for safety, followed by a powerful tidal wave which eventually destroys Silver Sands Condominium and the aftermath of the storm.