possessor of land

License is express or implied permission, given by the possessor of land, to be on that land.

To organize these, the permission of the landowners or other possessors of land, and if necessary, of the local government, must be sought.

Usucapio was particularly important with regard to land, and therefore the exclusion may have be retained to help the good faith possessor of land to usucapt.

An owner or possessor of land that abuts a natural stream, river, pond, or lake is called a riparian owner or proprietor.

Justice Raymond E. Peters wrote the majority opinion, which explained that common law distinctions between an invitee, licensee, and trespasser traditionally determined the duty of care owed by a possessor of land to a plaintiff.