Ownership

Ownership, interest in property vested for one's own benefit. The legal right to possession.

For information on:

• what and how things can be owned, see Property; Estate
• real property, see Abstract of Title; Deed; Land; Real Estate; Torrens System
• personal property, see Chattel
• legal rights and duties of ownership, see Law: Private Law
• private ownership of the means of production, see Capitalism
• community ownership of the means of production, see Collectivism; Communism; Nationalization; Socialism
• different forms of private business ownership, see Business: Sole Proprietorship; Cooperatives; Public Utilities: Ownership; Real Estate: Cooperative Ownership
• ownership by political units, see Municipal Ownership; Public Lands
• taking property for a public purpose, see Eminent Domain
• ownership of property in marriage, see Community Property