Acquisition of ownership to ownerless property

SUMMARY This master’s thesis examines the basis for the acquisition of the right of ownership to ownerless property. It reveals the aims, purpose, and realisation possibilities of this institution. The work surveys how the laws of the Republic of Lithuania regulate the acquisition of the right of ownership to ownerless property: domestic bees, domestic animals, finds, hoards, etc. On the basis of works by legal theorists, Lithuanian laws, and judicial practice, the work examines the conception and features of the right of ownership as well as of ownerless property. It analyses in detail the general basis for the acquisition of the right of ownership to ownerless property. Other parts of the thesis examine individual – special ownerless property, for which the Civil Code foresees a separate regulation of the acquisition and loss of the right of ownership, i.e. to: domestic bees, domestic animals, finds, and hoards. It presents the deadlines and conditions for the acquisition of the right of ownership to ownerless property depending on what kind of ownerless property it is and in what form it is acquired when the owner of ownerless property is not established. It analyses the defence of the right of ownership to ownerless property when an owner is established who is the honest and legal possessor of an ownerless property or who is its dishonest or honest illegal possessor. It also notes the different ways of acquiring the right of ownership to ownerless property and also presents the differences and advantages of these manners of acquisition