practical ownership
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Definitions from Case Law
From 362 U.S. 628 - Rohr Aircraft Corporation v. County of San Diego · 1960Most cited · 113 citing opinions
The appropriate test would turn on practical ownership of the property rather than the naked legal title. This is the more necessary with respect to public property where the record title may often be in a government agency or department—or, for that matter, in an official of the Government—rather than in the name of the United States.