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> Nobody except the Crown can hold land in England. It sounds like someone made up another meaning of "own" and given it a different name ("hold") to making th
by noja 4y ago
> Nobody except the Crown can hold land in England.
It sounds like someone made up another meaning of "own" and given it a different name ("hold") to making the "owning" less good.
I can't imagine any situation where the Queen points at a piece of land and says "I'm having that" and people just accept it.
- EliRivers 4y agoIt sounds like someone made up another meaning of "own" In a lot of cases, "owning" is less good and using the word "own" to describe it is just misleading. Like how shareholders "own" a company. Funny kind of owning. "Owning" a field; it's not like you can take it home in the back of your car; it's not like owning a pair of shoes. The problem with words here isn't people making up another meaning of "own"; it's that "own" is used for a lot of cases where, frankly, people just don't "own" it.