Note 204 — Chapter XII · OWNERSHIP.

The figurative identification of a right with its object is not absolutely limited to the case of material things, though this is by far the most important instance. Similar reasons of convenience of speech and ease of thought lead to a similar metonymy in other cases, when the object of a jus in re propria has a recognised name. We speak, for example, of the ownership of a trade-mark, or of that of the good-will of a business; meaning thereby the ownership of a jus in re propria in respect of these things.