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0 pointsmichaelt2y ago0 comments

You might enjoy reading about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_That_Owns_Itself

Sadly its self-ownership is only "according to legend" rather than anything battle-tested.

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portaouflop2y ago· 1 in thread

Wow thanks for the entry to a rabbit hole on what is a legal person. Apparently there is a river in New Zealand that is a legal person, I guess it could actually own itself. Does not seem possible in the US outside of folklore

HappMacDonald2y ago

In the US Tree would face civil forfeiture

zellyn2y ago

Yep. That tree is an hour a bit away from where I live, in Atlanta Georgia :-)

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