[Avodah] Land ownership

[Zev Sero via Avodah]

On 21/01/17 14:51, Rich, Joel via Avodah wrote:
>> What has a king got to do with land ownership?  Land is originally
>> obtained from hefker, and then sold to other people, and that doesn't
>> require a king.

> So then how does the king acquire all the land so that those who
> understand dina dmalchuta as being based on the king owning all the
> land have a case? And how did it work from adam harishon down?

a king acquires the land from its rightful owners by the right of 
conquest, and can then give it to others until the next conqueror comes 
along.  apparently this works because "so is the way of kings".    But 
this is not the normal method of how land becomes private property.  The 
normal method is to claim it from hefker by fencing it in and/or putting 
it to use.

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