Property Ownership

Which doctrine holds that a property owner owns everything above the land to the sky and below to the earth's core?

AAd coelum doctrine✓ Correct
BRiparian rights doctrine
CLittoral rights doctrine
DDoctrine of prior appropriation

Explanation

The ad coelum doctrine (cuius est solum, eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos) holds that a landowner owns from the center of the earth to the heavens, though this is now limited in practice by air rights and mineral rights laws.

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