Private law original acquisition of ownership Flashcards
1
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what is Accession
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one things loses its identity to another
2
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What happens if two things are merged or conjoined in a way that is impossible to say that identity has been lost?
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The merger may be inseparable or separable
3
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what is separability
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- e.g. two flocks of sheep get mixed together accidentally
- Romans called this type of merger mixture
- No loss of identity; merger is such that things merged could be separated again and restored to their original unmixed state
- No change in ownership
4
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what did the Romans call a merger of things that are inseparable
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Romans called this confusion
5
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what does accessio, mixture and confusion deal with
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situations where things belonging to two different people are merged into one whole
6
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what does mixture and confusion deal with
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neither thing loses its identity
7
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what is Accessio
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one thing is said to lose its identity to another, that is ‘accessory’ looses its identity to the ‘principal’
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