Cujust est solum, ejus est usque ad inferos

Dictionary: 
Ballentine's Law Dictionary

The owner of the soil owns to the lowest depths. See 141 Cal. 116, 99 Am. St. Rep. 35, 64 L. R. A. 236, 70 Pac. 663, 74 Pac. 766.

Author: 
James A. Ballentine
Publisher: 
The Bobbs-Merrill Company
Year Published: 
1916
Genre: 
Law Dictionary