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How Much Land do You Really Own Above and Below Your Property? (2016x249)

: 22, 2016

→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut What Happens if a Cemetery Goes Under? https://youtu.be/LwhFDJYDQTk?list=PLR0XuDegDqP0GESJ0DgpgTcThLJVEbFs8 The Fascinating History of the Hollywoodland Sign https://youtu.be/tOGxqXDrUDc?list=PLR0XuDegDqP3XRa-w_G0dy_aMMXj0Uq-k In this video: On paper, the concept of land ownership sounds very simple- you pay money and in return you’re given unfettered access to a predetermined amount of land. But how much of that land do you actually own? Do you own the sky above it? How about the land below it? What about all the animals that may live there; do you own those too? All of these questions and more define what exactly it means to “own” a piece of land. Surprisingly, many of the answers aren’t well defined from a legal standpoint as you’ll soon see. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/08/land-much-really-right/ Sources: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2013/07/photographer_george_steinmetz_arrest_how_much_airspace_do_you_own.html http://www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1949/1945/1945_630 http://www.more.com/reinvention-money/money/do-you-own-whats-under-your-home http://www.inbrief.co.uk/land-law/land-ownership.htm http://www.waterfrontlaw.com/what-are-riparian-rights http://www.problemneighbours.co.uk/rights-trees-and-overhanging-branches.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25742871 http://lawjournal.mcgill.ca/userfiles/other/8509457-abramovitch.pdf http://lawjournal.mcgill.ca/userfiles/other/8509457-abramovitch.pdf http://www.duhaime.org/LegalDictionary/C/CuiusEstSolumEjusestUsqueAdCoelumetadInferos.aspx http://www.lawteacher.net/land