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Article: Ownership of sacred Indian artifacts returned to band ownership or you can't sell what you didn't own.
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- LawNow
- Article date:
- April 1, 2000
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Lawyers have historically been fond of quoting Latin maxims like the one above to illustrate basic concepts in the law. Actually, that was much more popular in the past and quoting Latin would today be viewed as a bit of an affectation. But the basic concepts remain the same and are well observed in all sorts of common daily situations.
For example, if your car went out of your possession for no fault of your own (e.g., your child sold it to a person who didn't bother to check the registration for proper ownership) you would be able to get it back from whoever ended up with it. It wouldn't matter if the person eventually claiming your car was completely blameless ...