Ratione soli

At common law, the right to hunt was restricted to the landowning elite

Ratione soli or is a Latin phrase meaning "according to the soil" or "by reason of the ownership of the soil."[1] In property law, it is a justification for assigning property rights to landowners over resources found on their own land.[2] Traditionally, the doctrine of ratione soli provides landowners "constructive possession of natural resources on, over, and under the surface: cujus est solum, ejus est usque ad coelum ad infernos."[3]

  1. ^ John R. Nolon, The Law of Sustainable Development: Keeping Pace, 30 Pace L. Rev. 1246, 1298 n.93 (2010).
  2. ^ W.M. Rockel, Game — Hunting Rights — Poaching, 57 Cent. L. R. 425, 426 (1908).
  3. ^ John R. Nolon, The Law of Sustainable Development: Keeping Pace, 30 Pace L. Rev. 1246, 1298 (2010).