Surprisingly shallow discussion here. Ownership itself is lease. Sibling comment mentioned home ownership and tenant laws. Home and land ownership is one of tr

Surprisingly shallow discussion here. Ownership itself is lease. Sibling comment mentioned home ownership and tenant laws. Home and land ownership is one of trickiest types of ownership. It turns out, that in democratic and civilized sosieties you don't actually own realty. You lease it with significant restrictions. Inheritance laws make it even more clear. Law might decide that particular part of property is valued $x euro. A trademark. A patent. An option. So, you must cede control of this part of inherited good to state. If you truly owned it, inheritance taxes would be zero.