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BOOK 2, CHAPTER 3Of Original Acquisition of Things, With Special Reference to the Sea and RiversI. That original acquisition is accomplished through division or through occupation.II. In this connection other modes of acquisition, as the granting of an incorporeal right, are excluded from consideration.III. The forming of a new property from existing materials is also excluded from consideration.IV. Occupation is twofold, having relation to sovereignty and to ownership; this distinction is explained.V. That the taking possession of movable things can be prevented by law.VI. On what right the ownership of property by infants and by insane persons rests.VII. That rivers can be acquired by occupation.VIII. That a part of the sea can likewise be acquired.IX. That formerly in the countries constituting the Roman Empire such ownership of a part of the sea was not conceded.X. That nevertheless the law of nature does not present any obstacle to such acquisition in respect to a part of the sea which is, as it were, shut in by lands.XI. In what way such possession may be taken, and how long it will last.XII. That such possession does not give the right to impede innocent passage.XIII. That sovereignty can he acquired over a part of the sea, and in what way.XIV. That for certain reasons a tax can he laid upon those who rail upon the sea.XV. Of the agreements which forbid a people to sail beyond certain bounds.XVI. Whether or not a change in the course of a river involves a change of territory is set forth, with a distinction.XVII. What conclusion is to be reached if the bed of a river has been completely changed.XVIII. That sometimes an entire river belongs to a territory.XIX. That things which have been abandoned become the property of him who takes possession of them, unless a state has acquired a general right of ownership over them. |
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