rule of capture

rule of capture
n.
1 Acquiring the ownership of property where there previously was no ownership; thereby any wild animals captured belong to the person who captures them, regardless of whose property they were upon previously.
2 If the recipient of property displays an intent to take full control of that property and not just pass it on to another, that person captures full rights to that property including the ability to pass it on to his or her heirs.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.

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