...right of property [is]. . . that sole and despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world, in total exclusion of...the right of any other individual in the universe. — Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England1 In the African tribe called the Barotse, "[P]roperty...

...Blackstone's famous definition of ownership as 'that sole and despotic dominion which one man has over the external things of the world, in total exclusion of the right of any other individual in the universe.'16 And for the second category, we may consider the definition proposed in the German Civil...

...William Blackstone as "that sole and despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world, in total exclusion of the right of any other individual in the universe."91 Given this perception of native society, it is not difficult to see why there was such...

...such other matters as he may direct. There is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination as the sole and despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world, in total exclusion of the right of any other individual. However,...

...'absolute right' vested in individuals 'by the immutable laws of nature'.8 Famously, he defined property as 'the sole and despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world, in total exclusion of the right of any individual in the universe'.9...

...See sources cited in note 22. 32. See for example Blackstone's classical definition of ownership as "the sole and despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world, in total exclusion of the right of any other individual in the universe."...

...the right of property; or that sole and despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world, in total exclusion of...the right of any other individual in the universe. And yet there are very few, that will give themselves the trouble to consider the original and foundation...

...despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world, in the total exclusion of the right of any other individual in the universe."" However, the best-known theorist on property rights of that century and subsequent centuries was John...

...generally strikes the imagination and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property; or the sole and despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world, in total exclusion of the right of any other individual in the universe."61...

...right of the property; or that sole and despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world, in total exclusion of...the right of any other individual in the universe." Two centuries later, Felix Cohen placed similar weight on the right to exclude in his pithy definition...