Ownership

Ownership is a relation established by a being that claims or directly enforces that another entity belongs to them, implying their full sway over this entity.

When it is claimed, as opposed to directly enforced, this relation exists within the limits established by the power system that enforces this relation, one notable example being private property.

Ownership can also exist independently from a state and its laws. For example, we can say a given animal owns their territory insofar as they can defend it. In this case, the being is the animal, the entity is the territory and the power system is the violence system created by their effort to defend it.

Humans are notable for their claims of ownership over not only inanimate entities and animals, but also other humans, for which they have devised extensive justification and also refutals. In this case, the being is the person, the entity is another human not considered a person or as fully as such, and the power system one such as a race or gender system.