Simple English definitions for legal terms
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Property refers to the right to possess, use, and enjoy something, whether it's land or an object. It's like having a bundle of rights that come with ownership. There are different types of property, such as corporeal property (things you can touch) and incorporeal property (rights that you can't touch). When someone gives up their property voluntarily, it's called abandoned property. When someone has complete control over their property, it's called absolute property. Income property is property that produces income, like rental property.
Definition: Property refers to the right of ownership, possession, use, and enjoyment of a specific thing, either a piece of land or a chattel. It is a bundle of rights that a person has over a determinate thing. Property can also refer to any external thing over which the rights of possession, use, and enjoyment are exercised.
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The examples illustrate the concept of property as the right of ownership, possession, use, and enjoyment of a specific thing. In each example, the owner has the legal right to control and use the property as they see fit, within the limits of the law.