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–82– -82CHAPTER 7—NATURE OF PROPERTY Sec.

111. Ownership; property defined. 112. Things subject to ownership. 113. Wild animals. 114. Classification of property as real or personal. 115. Real property defined. 116. Land defined. 117. Fixtures defined. 118. Personal property defined. § 111. Ownership; property defined 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 title, the thing of which there may be ownership is called property. § 112. Things subject to ownership There may be ownership of: (1) inanimate things which are capable of appropriation or of manual delivery; (2) domestic animals; (3) obligations; (4) products of labor or skill such as the composition of an author, the goodwill of a business, trademarks and signs; and (5) rights created or granted by statute. § 113. Wild animals Animals wild by nature are the subjects of ownership, while living, only when on the land of the person claiming them, or when tamed, or taken and held in possession, or disabled and immediately pursued. § 114. Classification of property as real or personal Property is either: (1) real or immovable; or (2) personal or movable. § 115. Real property defined Real or immovable property consists of: (1) land; (2) that which is affixed to land; (3) that which is incidental or appurtenant to land; and (4) that which is immovable by law. § 116. Land defined Land is the solid material of the earth, whatever may be its ingredients. § 117. Fixtures defined A thing is affixed to the land when it is: (1) attached to it by roots, as in the case of trees, vines or shrubs; (2) imbedded in it, as in the case of walls; (3) permanently resting upon it, as in the case of buildings; or (4) permanently attached to what is thus permanent, as by means of cement, plaster, nails, bolts, or screws. § 118. Personal property defined Every kind of property that is not real is personal.

CHAPTER 9—OWNERS OF PROPERTY See. ISl. Ownership. 162. Persoiu who may own property.

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