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According to whom of the following, Corpus Possessionis and Animus Domini are two elements of…

Savigny, in his treatise on possession (1803), analysed possession into two elements: corpus possessionis, the physical control of the thing, and animus domini, the…

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According to whom of the following, Corpus Possessionis and Animus Domini are two elements of possession ?

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Savigny, in his treatise on possession (1803), analysed possession into two elements: corpus possessionis, the physical control of the thing, and animus domini, the intention to hold it as owner.

Salmond also speaks of corpus and animus, but he uses animus possidendi, the intent to exclude others, rather than Savigny's animus domini. Ihering criticised Savigny's emphasis on intention.

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