Property is what is “proper” (Latin proprius, “one’s own”) to something or someone. German calqued rather than borrowed the Latin to Eigentum (eigen = proprius) [20]. In the German legal tradition, Eigentum denotes the right to have a (usually) physical thing, and thus effects the legal distinction between “mine” and “yours.” This normative ascription yields the legal power to dispose of the thing and to exclude others from influence upon it. However, exercise of…