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 1152 "Brok er .) „ NATURE OF PROPERTY . Property defined . 72d CONGRE SS . sESS. IL CR. 128 . FEBRUARY 27, 1933. 4. The word "broker" as used in this chapter includes every per- son or company, other than an agent, who shall for a commission, in the Canal Zone, engage either wholly or in part in the business of sel ling, offering f or sale, negotia ting for the sal e of, or otherwi se dealing in any security or securities issued by others, or of under- wri ting any issue o f securities, or of purchasing s uch securities f or the purpose of reselling them or of offering them for sale to the public . CH AP TER 12.-NATURE OF PROPERTY SEC. 12. 2. PROPERTY, WHAT .-The ownership of a thin 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. Cso ss RF uz ss Pose, p. nsa Personal property, see sections 189 and 238 et seq. Real pro perty, s ee sect ion 188. m." a hat property SEC. 183 . IN WHAT PROPERTY MAY E%isT.-There may be ownership of all inanimate things which are capable of appropriation or of manual delivery ; of all domestic animals ; of all obligations ; of such produc ts of labor or s kill as the comp osition of an au thor, the good- will of a business, trade-marks and signs, and of rights created or granted by statute. Csoss Rmz ErccE Pose, p .1158. Products of the mind, see sections 240 et seq . Wild animals. Snc. 184 . WuD AN IMALS .- Animal s wil d by nature are the s ub- jects of ownership, wh ile living, only when on the lan d of the person cla iming th em, or w hen tame d, or ta ken and held in possessi on, or disabled and immediately pursued . Real and personal SEC. 185 . REAL AND PERSONAL :Property is either property. 1 . Real or immovable ; or, 2. Personal or movable . Real property . SEC. 186 . REAL PROP ERTY . -Real or im movab le pro perty cons ists of: 1. Land ; 2. That which is affixed to land ; 3 . That which is incidental or appurtenant to land ; 4. That which is immovable by law. CROSS R.EFEamtcss Land defined, see section 187. Post, p.1218. Fixtures ; see section 660. Land defined. SEC. 187. LAND .-Land is the solid material of the earth, 'what- ever mayy be the ingredients of which it is composed, whether soil, rock, or ot her substance. Fixtures. ,,SEC. 188. F1 '1yEES. A thing is dee3n ed to be affixed to land when it is attached to it by roots, as in the case of trees, vines 1 or shrubs ; or imbedded in it, as in the, case of walls ; or permanently resting upon it, as in the case of buildings ; or permanently attached to what is thus permanent, as by means of cement, plaster, nails, bolts, pr screws. -r CRO SS REFE11ENCE Post, p.1159. Own ership o f fixtu res, see section 248. Personal property. ,.SEC. 189. PERSONAL PROPERTY .-Every kind of property that is not real is personal.