The ownership of property is absolute when a single person has the absolute dominion over it, and may use it or dispose of it according to his pleasure, subject only to general laws.
Cal. Civ. Code § 679
Interests in Property
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 82 Cal. App. 2d 796 - Johnston v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. (1947)
Most recently applied in In re Domum Locis LLC (December 2014)
Enacted 1872.
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