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CUJUS EST SOLUM, EJUS EST USQUE AD CCELUM ET AD INFEROS Definition & Legal Meaning

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To whomsoever the soil belongs, he owns also to the sky and to the depths. The owner of a piece of land owns everything above and below it to an indefinite extent. Co. Litt. 4.

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