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ancient-lights doctrine

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A quick definition of ancient-lights doctrine:

The ancient-lights doctrine is a rule in common law that says if a person has had a window or opening in their building for 20 years without interruption, they have the right to prevent their neighbor from building something that blocks the light from coming through that window. This window is called an ancient light. This rule is not often used in the United States. It means that if you have had a window for a long time, you can stop your neighbor from blocking the light that comes through it.

A more thorough explanation:

The ancient-lights doctrine is a principle in common law that allows a landowner to acquire an easement preventing a neighbor from building an obstruction that blocks light from passing through the landowner's window after 20 years of uninterrupted use. This means that if a landowner has had access to sunlight through a window for 20 years, they can prevent their neighbor from building anything that would block that light.

For example, if a house has a window that faces a neighbor's property and that window has been receiving sunlight for 20 years, the owner of the house can prevent the neighbor from building a fence or a wall that would block the sunlight from entering the window.

It's important to note that this doctrine is rarely applied in the United States and has been repudiated in some states. Additionally, a notice stating "Ancient Lights" is not necessary to protect a legal right to sunlight.

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KnowledgeableGaudyMillipede
13:03
thats awesome. agree with everything you said! its cool. i was a UPS driver and became a shop-steward at my building. then became an organizer in our amazon division. so ive mostly worked with truck drivers and warehouse workers. its extremely important work! also very difficult. these companies are very powerful and break the law A LOT
KnowledgeableGaudyMillipede
13:04
do you know where you want to end up living?
soapy
13:04
oh that's cool! UPS made some big wins recently, yeah? are there any challenges you've found working w the Amazon division? i've heard some horror stories abt the things Amazon does to suppress worker rights and I wonder if that spills over to UPS
soapy
13:05
I'm pretty open to anywhere! Hbu?
13:06
i'm still not sure bunny they gave me the accomodation to take it at home on nov 11
13:06
ive been procrastinating tbh i need to get to work
KnowledgeableGaudyMillipede
13:06
we had a big contract campaign in 2023. i was very involved in that. was an exciting moment. there are a million challenges. to keep it simple: the turnover rate combined with amazon's willingness to illegally retaliate against workers for organizing makes organizing feel like building a house of cards
13:06
cuz i lowkey just dont wanna retake
soapy
13:09
When the fees for illegal retaliation are low enough, and when any punishment takes years to enstate, many companies just see those fines as the cost of doing business. Amazon is for sure like that
@Invicat: I'm very interested in First Amendment litigaton & advocacy. I also think appellate work broadly is also interesting.
13:25
yooo we are talking about unions
13:25
im on a first contract campaign rn and when we win i pretty much am a shoe-in for shop steward
13:26
i did say id rather someone else do it bc i'm leaving for law school but theyre like Can You Do It Until You Leave and im like Ok Fine
for big law purposes i want to do biotech law, most likely either patent or ip
and later in life and/or ideally something in healthcare accessibility
reallt two can go hand in hand, especially working for companies such as pfizer which is one of the few companies that actually work towards access like suspending patents and funding manufacturing costs
but overall tbh, will have to shell out first (that sent, so early my bad)
but especially with the advent of technologies such as AI there will be massive ethical and legal issues in their development and implementation, so hopefully i'll be able to work in that field in a way that takes these considerations into account
14:08
i want to do that too
14:09
Is BSaners right? Do we live in an oligarcy disguised as a 'democracy
14:11
yes
14:11
ofc
trying to work on my vandy app rn
no idea how im gonna get my ps down to two pages with 12 point font
14:29
As the next week brings an election, I challenge you to decide which side: won their primary despite receiving 0 votes, has the power of the elites, war mongers, media giants behind them, is endorsed by adversary V Putin, preferred by China, throws concerts instead of addressing voters. The choice is yours dear friend. -Kremlin Operative, KGB grad 1980
walk tuah the polls and vote on that thang
soapy
14:47
my mail in ballot was finally recieved!
[] baddestbunny
15:13
i fucking love saying “what’s a girl like you doing in a place like this” to a middle-aged woman
Dkk
15:21
Glad to see y'all have nice unions. My union was corrupt and sucked.
15:51
@baddestbunny: you and denise richards on bms
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