Thai legal terms

The legal status of being a parent, that is, recognition that someone is the child’s mother or father under Thai law, governed by section 1536 (the mother of a child born out of wedlock has parental power) and sections 1546–1560 deal with legitimation (father acknowledging or being declared by court as the father).

The Thai “pink ID card” is a government-issued identification card for certain non-Thai persons registered in Thailand’s civil registration system. It is different from the standard blue Thai National ID Card issued only to Thai citizens.

A postnuptial agreement is the opposite of a "before the marriage" contract, as a contract between spouses concerning their personal or matrimonial assets, as in section 1465 (CCC) "where the husband and wife have not, previous to their marriage, concluded a prenuptial agreement concerning their properties, the relations between them as regards to their properties shall be governed by the provisions of this Chapter (property of husband and wife)".

a signed and witnessed document you can use to appoint someone to make decisions on your behalf

shares giving a shareholder or group of shareholder in a (Thai) limited company priority or specified preferential rights in certain matters of the company limited over that of ordinary shareholders (as defined within a company's articles of association)

A Thai prenuptial agreement is a written contract made before marriage that defines and records how the spouses’ personal property (sin suan tua) and marital property (sin somros) are classified and managed under Thai law. To be valid, it must be in writing, signed by both parties and two witnesses, and registered or attached to the marriage at the district office (Amphur) at the time of marriage registration. After marriage, it can only be changed by court order.

in Civil laws of Thailand referring to 'periods of time' fixed by law and the role of the passage of time in the ending of certain rights or how a period of time can create certain rights, for example the rights a person could acquire after he held or used a property of another for an uninterrupted period of time.

a court process required to validate a will or appoint an administrator to distribute the estate of a deceased person in Thailand. This process applies whether the person died with a Thai will, a foreign will, or without any will at all (click to read more about the court procedure...).

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Property law in Thailand (for foreigners) is mainly governed by the Thai Civil and Commercial Code, especially Book III (Specific Contracts) (covering leases and mortgages) and Book IV (Property) (covering ownership, possession, usufruct, and superficies), together with the Thailand Land Code Act and the Thailand Condominium Act.

“Public order” (ความสงบเรียบร้อย) under Thai law refers to mandatory legal principles, protections, and rules considered essential to the public interest, legal system, and orderly functioning of society. The concept is commonly used together with “good morals” (ศีลธรรมอันดี) as a general legal limitation on contracts and juristic acts under Thai law.