What is means by Ownership
Ownership is the relation between a person and a right that is vested in him. That which a man owns is, in all cases, a right. When one speaks of the ownership of a material object, this is merely a convenient and conventional figure of speech. To own a piece of land means, in law to own a particular kind of right in that land.
According to Salmond Ownership denotes the relationship between a person and an object forming the subject-matter of his ownership. It consists in a complex of rights, all of which are rights in rem. being good against the entire world, and not merely against some persons.
Ownership is the relation between a person and a right that is vested in him. That which a man owns is, in all cases, a right. When one speaks of the ownership of a material object, this is merely a convenient and conventional figure of speech. To own a piece of land means, in law to own a particular kind of right in that land.
According to Salmond Ownership denotes the relationship between a person and an object forming the subject-matter of his ownership. It consists in a complex of rights, all of which are rights in rem. being good against the entire world, and not merely against some persons.
According to Austin, ownership is a right over a determinate thing, indefinite in point of user, unrestricted in point of disposition and unlimited in a point of duration.
Ownership is thus a sum-total of the rights of possession, disposition and destruction. According to Holland, it is a plenary control over an object.
Under the French Code, ownership means and involves the right of the owner to enjoy and do away with his things in the most absolute manner, that is just as he pleases, subject however to all laws and regulations
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