Absolute ownership of property defined

The ownership of property is absolute when a single person has the absolute dominion over it, and may use it or dispose of it according to his pleasure, subject only to general laws. Source: CivC 1877, § 172; CL 1887, § 2688; RCivC 1903, § 195; RC 1919, § 265; SDC 1939, § 51.0208.