United States property law is primarily an area of state law, although there are also federal laws (for example, on patents and
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There are two main views on the right to property in the United States, the traditional view and the bundle of rights view. The traditionalists believe that there is a core, inherent meaning in the concept of property, w… See more

Under American law, the first possessor of a property generally acquires the property. The first possessor is the first person who intends to assert control over the object and in fact exercises significant control over the object. A s… See more

Land ownership in American law is highly complex, based on feudal categories inherited from English law. Although feudalism is no longer relevant in the modern United States, the law in most states hav… See more