Just a few of the absolute most basic questions:
What does it mean to possess something?
Is physical possession all that matters?
Is it the right to use something?
If you possess something, but someone prevents you from using it, have you lost property?
And then if you start mixing in taxes... whoa boy. Take a look at http://digitalcommons.law.utulsa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?art...
The net of all of it that the law, both formal and common, has evolved to deal with this topic. But there are constant new frontiers, like this SCOTUS decision.
Just a few of the absolute most basic questions:
What does it mean to possess something?
Is physical possession all that matters?
Is it the right to use something?
If you possess something, but someone prevents you from using it, have you lost property?
And then if you start mixing in taxes... whoa boy. Take a look at http://digitalcommons.law.utulsa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?art...
The net of all of it that the law, both formal and common, has evolved to deal with this topic. But there are constant new frontiers, like this SCOTUS decision.