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Record 1 2002-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
  • Property Law (civil law)
  • Property Law (common law)
DEF

The intention of receiving.

OBS

A man will acquire no title to a thing unless he possesses it with an intention of receiving it for himself; as if a thing be bailed to a man, he acquires no title.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (droit civil)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)

Spanish

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