Fundamentals of Property and Land Law

📋 Course Outline

1. Definition of property and ownership rights
2. Realism, possession and exclusive control
3. Treasure rules and Crown vesting
4. Deeds execution, signing and delivery
5. Trust of land occupation and matrimonial home rights
6. Joint tenancy unities and severance
7. Land registration principles and title registers

📖 1. Definition of property and ownership rights

🔑 Key Concepts & Definitions

• Property : Property is a legal aggregate of rights a person has over something, including rights of ownership and possession.
• Ownership : Ownership is the most extensive right to a thing, giving an exclusive and unrestricted power to possess, use, dispose of, and exclude others.
• Property as a relationship : Property is better understood as a power relationship a person has with a thing, not as the thing itself.
• Socially acceptable power : Property is a socially permitted form of power over a thing that society allows others to recognize and respect.

📝 Essential Points