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dictionary). The list of items is I think absurd in an encyclopedia article. Different jurisdictions may or may not make possession of different things legal or not. Simply to state this is silly. But is this article going to make a complete list, jurisdiction by jurisdiction, of things that people canot posess? That is absurd as well. Moreover, it is silly to put a list of things you
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case, a lawyer or economist), but it does mean you have to know something about the topic beyond what any
English-speaker knows. So far, you have not offered any evidence that you have any special knowledege of this complex topic. If you do, then by all means, you should work on it. If not, however, delete it and work on articles where you have something to contribute.
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This sentence QUOTE: Possession acquired without consent is a property right which the law protects. UNQUOTE appears so nonsensical I have to ask if it is vandalism. Possession acquired WITHOUT consent is protected by law? This is bizarre. You mean it is PROHIBITED by law, don't you? Or "is a BREACH
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Something is missing. If this is an example in which there is "a" garage (which, on first appearance, would not be called "THE garage"), and the garage contains stolen goods, and there is a person who has an intent to "possess" the garage but has no knowledge that the garage contains stolen goods,
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REAL ESTATE you have fee SIMPLE OWNERSHIP - full title and all legal rights associated with a parcel of land and everything it contains, including minerals and archeological resources. Fee SIMPLE OWNERSHIP is also sometimes refered to as "COMPLETE OWNERSHIP"
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