California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 2 — Property, Part 1 — Property in General, Title 1 — Nature of Property, Section 654
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 Code, the thing of which there may be ownership is called property.
Notes
Defines ownership as the right of one or more persons to possess and use a thing to the exclusion of all other people. Establishes that within this code any thing that is capable of being owned is given the name property.
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