Property Rights

noun a person or entity to whom a right or property is transferred

• The assignee of the contract will be responsible for completing the project.
• The person who gets assigned the task will have to finish it.
• The lucky one who gets stuck with the job will have to do it.
• The assignee is like a player in a game, given a specific role to fulfill.

verb to deprive someone of land, property, or possessions

• The government decided to dispossess the landowners in order to build a new highway.
• The landlord tried to dispossess the tenants for not paying rent on time.
• The scam artist managed to dispossess the old lady of her life savings.
• The traumatic experience seemed to dispossess her of all hope for the future.

noun a right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use, with payment of compensation

• The government used eminent domain to acquire the land needed for the new highway project.
• They're talking about using eminent domain to take over that empty lot.
• They're gonna pull the eminent domain card to grab that property.
• In the world of business, sometimes taking risks is like exercising eminent domain over your comfort zone.

verb to intrude on someone's territory or rights

• The new construction project will encroach upon the protected wetlands.
• Hey, could you please not encroach on my personal space?
• Dude, don't encroach on my turf like that!
• His negative attitude began to encroach on the team's morale.

noun the act of entering someone's land or property without permission

verb to enter someone's land or property without permission

• Trespassing on private property is illegal and can result in criminal charges.
• Hey, let's not go trespassing on that farmer's land again, okay?
• I heard Jake got caught trespassing in the abandoned warehouse last night.
• She felt like she was trespassing on his emotions when she asked about his past.

noun the right to use and enjoy the profits and advantages of something belonging to another as long as the property is not damaged or altered in any way

• The usufruct of the property was granted to the tenant for a specified period of time.
• The landlord allowed the tenant to use the property for a while.
• The landlord let the tenant crash at the place for a bit.
• She had the usufruct of the company's resources to complete her project.

noun a place where trailers or mobile homes are parked or located

• The city council approved the construction of a new trailer court on the outskirts of town.
• I heard they're setting up a new trailer court down by the river.
• Let's hang out at the trailer court and have a bonfire tonight.
• Her messy apartment looked like a trailer court after a tornado hit.

noun a house built or modified to annoy or harm neighbors or others with whom the builder or owner has a grudge

• The spite house was built by the owner to block the neighbor's view.
• That tiny house next door is a spite house, can you believe it?
• I heard they built a revenge shack just to annoy their neighbors.
• The old mansion stood as a symbol of spite, towering over the neighborhood.