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Under American common law, treasure trove belongs to the finder unless the original owner reclaims. Some states have rejected the American common law and hold that treasure trove belongs to the owner of the property in which the treasure trove was found. These courts reason that the American common law rule encourages trespass.
In criminal and property law, theft by finding occurs when someone chances upon an object which seems abandoned and takes possession of the object, but fails to take steps to establish whether the object is genuinely abandoned and not merely lost or unattended before taking it for themselves. [1]
In civil law countries, possession is not a right but a (legal) fact, which enjoys certain protection by the law. It can provide evidence of ownership but does not in itself satisfy the burden of proof. For example, ownership of a house is never proven by mere possession of a house.
Abandoned car repair station in Victoria, Australia. In law, abandonment is the relinquishment, giving up, or renunciation of an interest, claim, privilege, possession, [1] civil proceedings, appeal, or right, especially with the intent of never again resuming or reasserting it.
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Ohio’s traffic laws made a pivotal change this year, and some new legislation could call for more change in the new year. In January, Gov. Mike DeWine signed a new distracted driving law , which ...
The Ohio Revised Code (ORC) contains all current statutes of the Ohio General Assembly of a permanent and general nature, consolidated into provisions, titles, chapters and sections. [1] However, the only official publication of the enactments of the General Assembly is the Laws of Ohio; the Ohio Revised Code is only a reference. [2]
In common law a lien also remains on the property, and it is not extinguished by alienation of the property; liens may be real or equitable. Many jurisdictions levy a personal property tax , an annual tax on the privilege of owning or possessing personal property within the boundaries of the jurisdiction.