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  2. Canadian property law - Wikipedia

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    Then, whilst property is private, in Canada, there isn't a constitutional protection of property right, as the government can force an owner to sell them their land through expropriation, where compensation will be given based on the market value of the land. Then a buyer will often need permission through a municipal planning firm, and could ...

  3. Ontario Landowners Association - Wikipedia

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    [1] The organization seeks to cause laws and regulations, whether federal, provincial, or municipal, to be written so as to be more respectful of the rights of property owners. The Ontario Landowners Association also promotes the use of letters patent as a tool to aid in the protection of private property rights. [1]

  4. Right of way - Wikipedia

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    Right of way drawing of U.S. Route 25E for widening project, 1981 Right of way highway marker in Athens, Georgia Julington-Durbin Peninsula Powerline Right of Way. A right of way (also right-of-way) is a transportation corridor along which people, animals, vehicles, watercraft, or utility lines travel, or the legal status that gives them the right to do so.

  5. Land ownership in Canada - Wikipedia

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    That was the pattern of land ownership in the earliest British settlements in what is now eastern Canada. When the Crown granted land to settlers, the land grant normally included all minerals, other than precious minerals. [6] The result is that in Ontario, Quebec, and the four Atlantic provinces, much of the mineral rights are privately owned ...

  6. Easement - Wikipedia

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    See also, Right of way (property access) The following rights are recognized of an easement: Right to light, also called solar easement. The right to receive a minimum quantity of light in favour of a window or other aperture in a building which is primarily designed to admit light. Aviation easement. The right to use the airspace above a ...

  7. Eminent domain - Wikipedia

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    The property of subjects is under the eminent domain of the state, so that the state or those who act for it may use and even alienate and destroy such property, not only in the case of extreme necessity, in which even private persons have a right over the property of others, but for ends of public utility, to which ends those who founded civil ...

  8. Freedom to roam - Wikipedia

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    Public rights of way frequently exist on the foreshore of beaches. In legal discussions the foreshore is often referred to as the wet-sand area.. For privately owned beaches in the United States, some states such as Massachusetts use the low water mark as the dividing line between the property of the State and that of the beach owner.

  9. Abandonment (legal) - Wikipedia

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    In Scots law, failure to assert a legal right in a way that implies the abandonment of that property is called "taciturnity", while the term "abandonment" in Scots law refers specifically to a procedure by which a party gives up civil proceedings or an appeal.