ownership of property

  • 31property — [präp′ər tē] n. pl. properties [ME proprete < OFr proprieté < L proprietas < proprius, one s own] 1. a) the right to possess, use, and dispose of something; ownership [property in land] b) something, as a piece of writing, in which… …

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  • 32property — [n1] possessions, real estate acreage, acres, assets, belongings, buildings, capital, chattels, claim, dominion, effects, equity, estate, farm, freehold, goods, holdings, home, house, inheritance, land, means, ownership, plot, possessorship,… …

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  • 33Property, Ecclesiastical, in the United States — • The Third Plenary Council of Baltimore decreed: We must hold, holily and inviolably, that the complete right of ownership and dominion over ecclesiastical goods resides in the Church . . . Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 34property ratione soli — Property by virtue of ownership of the soil, for example, fish in private waters. 4 Am J2d Ani § 18, 35 Am J2d Fish § 3 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 35property — ► NOUN (pl. properties) 1) a thing or things belonging to someone. 2) a building and the land belonging to it. 3) Law the right to the possession, use, or disposal of something; ownership. 4) a characteristic: a perfumed oil with calming… …

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  • 36ownership-specific advantages — property rights or intangible assets, including patents , trademarks , organizational and marketing expertise, production technology, and management and general organizational abilities, that form the basis for a company s advantage over other… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 37property — That which is peculiar or proper to any person; that which belongs exclusively to one. In the strict legal sense, an aggregate of rights which are guaranteed and protected by the government. Fulton Light, Heat & Power Co. v. State, 65 Misc.Rep.… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 38Property (conflict) — In Conflict of Laws, the subject of Property Law follows the terminology of the civil law systems out of Comity. Hence, there are two types of property: * Immovables is the equivalent of real property in common law systems, i.e. it is land or any …

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  • 39Property (disambiguation) — In law and political theory, property refers to an ownership interest in land or other resources.A property of an object is some intrinsic or extrinsic quality of that object, where the nature of the object in question will depend on the field,… …

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  • 40Ownership equity — In accounting terms, after all liabilities are paid, ownership equity is the remaining interest in assets. If valuations placed on assets do not exceed liabilities, negative equity exists. Shareholders equity (or stockholders equity, shareholders …

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