Military Resources Military Cross-Reference Index Political Resources Miscellaneous Resources NapoleonSeries.org is proud to be the work of its many readers. If you would like to submit reference materials, please contact NapoleonSeries.org . Of The Different Modes Of Acquiring Property Decreed the 19th of April, 1803. Promulgated the 29th of the same Month General Dispositions. Ownership in goods is acquired and transmitted by succession, by donation between living parties, or by will and by the effect of obligations.
Ownership is acquired also by accession, by incorporation, and by prescription.
Property which has no owner belongs to the nation. There are things which belong to no one, and the use whereof is common to all. The laws of police regulate the manner of enjoying such. The right of hunting and fishing is alike regulated by particular laws. Treasure is every thing concealed or hidden in the earth over which no one can prove property, and which is discovered purely by the effect of chance.