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Lost property

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-003101

Personal property that an owner has involuntarily parted with through neglect, carelessness, or inadvertence, without intending to abandon it. The finder of lost property generally has a right to possession against everyone except the true owner. Many jurisdictions have statutes requiring finders to report lost property to authorities.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-003101
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-003101",
  "term": "Lost property",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "Personal property that an owner has involuntarily parted with through neglect, carelessness, or inadvertence, without intending to abandon it. The finder of lost property generally has a right to possession against everyone except the true owner. Many jurisdictions have statutes requiring finders to report lost property to authorities.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/lost-property/"
}

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