Comment Property "Ownership" (Score 1) 601
In most common-law jurisdictions, you cannot "own" property outright. Where your deed is held fee-simple, you do not own the land at all. You merely own the right to improve upon it, generally by placing structures upon the surface of it, or to a depth reasonable, necessary, and blessed by your government overlords, as with a basement.
You don't own the land beneath the surface or any of the mineral content thereof.
You don't own the vegetation that grows in it, nor the right for your animals to eat it.
You don't own the water that falls on it, runs into it, or out of it.
You own nothing except a conceptual privilege to build your house on it, subject to the rules, regulations, and conditions set forth by your lords and their "zoning" rules.