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Property rights

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-022522

The sum total of the rights pertaining to property ownership. In the case of real property it embraces the right to quiet enjoyment, the right to sell, to mortgage, to lease, to bequeath, to regain possession at the end of a lease, to build and remove improvements, and to control the property's use with- in the law. In short, it describes the scope of legal protections granted to property ownership.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-022522
FieldEnvironment
SubjectSocial and economic factors
ReferencesAbrams 1971; USDA Forest Service Wildland Planning Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-022522",
  "term": "Property rights",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Property Rights",
  "definition": "The sum total of the rights pertaining to property ownership. In the case of real property it embraces the right to quiet enjoyment, the right to sell, to mortgage, to lease, to bequeath, to regain possession at the end of a lease, to build and remove improvements, and to control the property's use with- in the law. In short, it describes the scope of legal protections granted to property ownership.",
  "subject": "Social and economic factors",
  "references": [
    "Abrams 1971; USDA Forest Service Wildland Planning Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/property-rights/"
}

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