ownership

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Bouvier (1839)

Definitions from Case Law

From 326 U.S. 501 - Marsh v. State of Alabama · 1946Most cited · 2,005 citing opinions

Ownership does not always mean absolute dominion. The more an owner, for his advantage, opens up his property for use by the public in general, the more do his rights become circumscribed by the statutory and constitutional rights of those who use it.

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The right by which a thing belongs to some one in particular to the exclusion of all others. Civ. Code La. art. 480. See "Ovraer."

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The rights of an owner.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

The right by which a thing belongs to some one in particular, to the exclusion of all others. La. Civ. Code, art. 480. The entirety of the powers of use and disposal allowed by law. It implies that there is some power of disposal; but the owner of a thing is not necessarily the person who at a given time has the whole power of use and disposal. Owner is not strictly a technical term in the common law. Pollock, First Book of Jurispr. 175. Ownership is broader than both or possession; Fleming v..Slierwood, 24 N. D. 144, 139 N. W. 101, 43 L. R. A. (N. 8.) 915. See J. B. Ames on The Nature of Ownership, in Loot. Leg. Hist. 192.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The complete dominion, title or proprietary right in a thing or claim. See Property. The ownership of a thing is the right of one or more persons to possess and use it to the exclusion of others. In this Code, the thing of which there may be ownership is called "property." Civ. Code Cal. § 654. Ownership is the right by which a thing belongs to some one in particular, to the exclusion of all other persons. Civ. Code La-art 488. Ownership is divided into perfect and imperfect. Ownership is perfect when it is perpetual, and when the thing is unincumbered with any real right towards any other person than the owner. On the contrary, ownership is imperfect when it is to terminate at a certain time or on a condition, or if the thing which la the object of it, being an immovable, is charged with any real right towards a third person; as a usufruct, use, or servitude. When an immovable is subject to a usufruct, the owner of it is said to possess the naked ownership. Civ. Code La. art. 490; Maestri v. Board of Assessors, 110 La. 517, 34 South. 658.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

title to property, is the right by which a thing belongs to some one in particular, to the exclusion of all other persons. Louis. Code, art. 480.