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Nuisance
________ is an action for the use of anothers land in a manner that harms ones own.
Private property
________ provides a basis for individuals to act independently of the state.
law of real property
The ________ began in England as a system for maintaining the authority and power of the king and nobility.
Private property
________ was at the core of the founders vision of a new society; it was critical in the Civil War, when a plantation- based, slave- owning South sought to defend its way of life; and it remains a foundation of the American understanding of what makes democracy work.
To quote the relevant portions of the Fifth Amendment
"No person
The same principle is made applicable to the states in the Fourteenth Amendment
"[N]or shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or Property, without due Process of law."
Trespass
__________ is an action brought by a landholder for another person’s entry on the land without a license to do so.
Bill of Rights
When the _____________ was adopted in 1791, the critical trilogy of American law became “life, liberty, and property.”
Note 
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