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OWNER

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property. The owner is he who has dominion of a thing real or person-al, corporeal or incorporeal, which he has a right to enjoy and to do with as he pleases, even to spoil or destroy it, as far as the law permits, unless he be prevented by some agreement or covenant which restrains his right. 2. The right of the owner is more extended than that of him who has only the use of … [Read more...]

OWNER OCCUPANT

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An owner of property who also lives in and occupies the property. … [Read more...]

OWNER OF RECORD

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The owner of an asset or real estate which is recorded in official public records. … [Read more...]

OWNERS AGREEMENT

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See buy-sell agreement … [Read more...]

OWNERSHIP

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The complete dominion, title, or proprietary right in a thing or claim. See PROPERTY. The ownership of a thing is the right of one or more persons to possess and use it to the exclusion of others. In this Code, the thing of which there may be ownership is called "property." Civ. Code Cal { 654. Ownership is the right by which a thing belongs to some one in particular, to the … [Read more...]

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