Civil law. The exercise of physical detention or control over a thing, as by occupying a building or cultivating farmland. • Natural possession may be had without title, and may give rise to a claim of unlawful possession or a claim of ownership by acquisitive prescription. The term “natural possession” has been replaced by the […]
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mining rent. Consideration given for a mining lease, whether the lease creates a tenancy, conveys a fee, or grants a mere license or incorporeal right. [Cases: Mines and Minerals 70, 79. C.J.S. Mines and Minerals §§ 218, 223–224, 289–290, 296, 298–299, 303.]
Corporeal personal property of any kind; personal property that can be seen, weighed, measured, felt, or touched, or is in any other way perceptible to the senses, such as furniture, cooking utensils, and books.
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