MDDM Ch. 3 "No one owns me"

[Dave Monroe]

"'I am a British Dog, Sir.  No one owns me.'" (M&D,
Ch. 3, p. 23)

"'I am a British Dog, and belong to no one, if not to
the two of you.  The next time you are together, so
shall I be, with you.'" (M&D, Ch. 77, p. 757)

>From Henry of Bratton, On the Laws and Customs of
England (ca. 1220-1250) ...

Some things belong to no one.

[015] Things are said to be res nullius in several
different ways: by nature or the
[016] jus naturale, as wild beasts, birds and fish; by
the common opinion of mankind,
[017] as was said [above], as things sacred, religious
or subject to a sanction; by accident,
[018] as an inheritance lying vacant before it is
taken up. But the rule fails in this case
[019] because the inheritance represents the persona
of the deceased or because [the
[020] advent] of a future heir who will take it up is
expected. Things taken as derelict
[021] are likewise said to be res nullius. They are
also said to become such through lapse
[022] of time, as treasure trove. Also where there is
no apparent owner of the thing,
[023] as in wreck, and the same is true of things
regarded as waif, as cattle, where there
[024] is no apparent owner, all of which formerly
belonged to the finder by natural law
[025] but are now made the property of the prince by
the jus gentium. There are
[026] things that are res nullius by nature, which
nature does not permit to be anyone's
[027] property, as free men. Free men are not subjects
of ownership and commerce and
[028] the same may be said of a sick slave his lord
has cast off. The law declares him to
[029] be free.

http://supct.law.cornell.edu/bracton/Unframed/English/v2/41.htm

http://bracton.law.cornell.edu/bracton/Common/calendar.htm

http://bracton.law.cornell.edu/bracton/Common/

But why this image?  Named Rex?  Let me know ...

http://bracton.law.cornell.edu/bracton/Images/rex.gif

Sorry for the digression. Working on something ...

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