LAWthefactofowningsomethingcompletely, without anylimits:Theapplicantwas notjudgedto haveabsoluteownershipof thecar, and did notthereforehave therighttosellthevehicle.(Definition ofabsolute ownershipfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofabsolute ownership
absolute ownershipAn estate held byabsoluteownership, without recognizing any superior to whom any duty is due on account thereof.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He does not thereby sell outright to the licensee the articles the latter may make and sell, or vestabsoluteownershipin them.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Yet in reality the land was the peoples own, with the king only claimingabsoluteownership.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It transferred to the tenant a portion of theabsoluteownership, and gave him something like an estate in his holding.FromProject GutenbergBut the occupier is not always the owner; what is more, there is noabsoluteownership.FromProject GutenbergThese fitted together into an almost indissoluble union; and thereforeabsoluteownershipof the soil was theoretically impossible.FromProject GutenbergIt soughtabsoluteownershipof factories and all means of production, with evasion of responsibilities and no provision made against deficits.FromProject GutenbergWe consider that the landlord'sabsoluteownershipshould be replaced by dual ownership of landlord and tenant.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0The only permissible legal estate in such things isabsoluteownership, corresponding to the fee simple in land.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/absolute-ownership##
