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private property

British  

noun

  1. land or belongings owned by a person or group and kept for their exclusive use

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But Canadians in the affected areas who hold private property—“fee-simple” titles granted by the crown—are alarmed.

From The Wall Street Journal

As customers were being interviewed pumping gas Thursday, an attendant approached a Times reporter and asked them to leave, noting it was private property.

From Los Angeles Times

He justified this view by citing a dysfunctional banking system, a highly unstable currency, the absence of the rule of law guaranteeing private property, the failure of the centrally planned economy, and "completely dilapidated" infrastructure.

From Barron's

It was a bad look for the navy of one of the world’s two noisiest champions of private property and market freedom.

From The Wall Street Journal

Wallace and the four other 18-year-olds involved were also charged with criminal trespass and littering on private property.

From BBC