A Topic of Moral Theology

Occupation

Acquiring what belongs to no one: wild things, found treasure, and lost goods.

Within this topic

In the index as Occupation (things belonging to no one) · Prescription · Goods · Accession · Animals · Finding · Things · Treasure · Lost things · Occupation, mode of acquiring · Dominion · Property · Ownership · Title · Birds · Civil laws concerning paternal power · Fisc · Hunting · Requisite Conditions · Shipwreck · Another's thing · Bees · Damage · Finder

In the manuals

Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter First. On Ownership, Question Third. On the Acq…, Article First. On Occupation, nn. 383–396 (14 passages)

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. I, Chapter IV. Title to Property, n. 1 — TITLE is a cause sufficient to confer property in a thing. There are several kinds of title, some derived from the natural law, others due to positive law, and others which have their effect from the will of private pers… Read in context →

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. I, Ch. IV, Section I. Occupation, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § III, Point I. On Occupation, nn. 789 & 790 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § III, Point I, I. On the Occupation of Animals, n. 791 — I. Species of animals. Animals, as they are considered here, are distinguished into tame or domestic animals, animals made tame or tamed or gone wild, and wild or sylvan animals. Tame animals are those which by their nat… Read in context →

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § III, Point I, II. On the Occupation of Treasure, nn. 795 & 796 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § III, Point I, III. On the Occupation of Lost Things, nn. 797 & 798 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 4. The Vices Opposed …, Titles to Property, nn. 1872 & 1873 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 4. The Vices Opposed …, Lawful Occupation, n. 1921 — Conditions for Lawful Occupation of the Goods of Others in Extreme Need. Conditions for Lawful Occupation of the Goods of Others in Extreme Need.—(a) The occupation must be necessary for securing one’s own or another’s natural right to some supreme good, such as life or what is almost the equ… Read in context →

Institutions of Moral Theology (Institutiones Theologiae Moralis)

Vol. I, On the Sixth and Ninth Pre…, I. On Acts of Lust Not Consummated, n. 783 — Do the aforesaid touches differ in species from the consummated act of pollution and intercourse, and from other incomplete acts? R. To the 1st: Affirmatively; and this response holds both for touches and for other incom… Read in context →

Vol. II, On the Seventh and Tenth P…, II. On the Modes of Acquiring Ownership by Natural Law, nn. 883, 885, 886, 887, 889 & 890 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Cases of Conscience, Proposed by Cardinal de Lugo, by Fr. Beniamino Elbel, by Fr. Ioannes Petrus Gury and by Other Authors, and Resolved (Casus conscientiae)

68. On Occupation, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 (16 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.

Vol. I, Treatise on Justice and Ri…, First Part. On the Nature …, Ch. II, Art. I, § III, Point I. On Occupation, nn. 569, 570, 571, 572, 573 & 574 (27 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. III, Contracts, and the Obligat…, On the Virtue of Justice (…, Part I — Chapter I: On the Existence of Right, n. 211 — § I. On Occupation.. 211. Conditions required for legitimate occupation. (A) Occupation is the apprehension of a thing which belongs to no one, with the intention of making it one's own. - Four conditions, therefore, are required so that occ… Read in context →

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Ch. V, Art. I, § 1. On Occupation, nn. ¶1, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 393 & 394 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. IV, Article I. On Occupation, n. ¶13 — We shall treat 1. of occupation in general; 2. of the occupation of animals; 3. of the occupation of treasure; 4. of booty to be taken in war.Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. IV, Art. I, § 1. On Occupation In General, n. 40 — 40. Notion. Occupation in general is the apprehension of a thing which belongs to no one, with the intention of acquiring it for oneself. Therefore under the name of occupation do not come thefts or robberies, because in… Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. IV, Art. I, § 4. On Booty To Be Taken In War, n. 47 — 47. Preliminary Note. Since this booty to be taken pertains to well-known owners, it is acquired by occupation not properly but broadly so called. For occupation properly so called is concerned with things belonging to n… Read in context →

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Vol. I, TREATISE ON RIGHT AND JUST…, FIRST PART: ON THE NATURE …, Ch. II, Art. I, § III. On the acquisition of dominion, nn. ¶2, ¶638, ¶3, ¶639 & ¶640 (5 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, First Part: On Justice in …, Ch. II, Question Five: On the Acqu…, Article I: On Occupation, nn. 203, 209, 210 & 212 (28 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Vol. I, Tr. VIII, Pt. I, Ch. II, Art. I, § III. On the Acquisition of Dominion, nn. ¶1, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374, 375, 375, Q. 2 & 376–397 (35 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Summae S. Thomae (Billuart)

Billuart, Summa Summae, Tomus III. On the Secunda …, On Right and Justice, On the Ways of Acquiring O…, On the ways of acquiring ownership of things that belong to no one, nn. 1–19 (19 passages)

A Brief Text-Book of Moral Philosophy

Chapter V: Rights of Ownership in Material Property, nn. 174, ¶356, ¶357, 175, 176, 177 & 178 (7 passages — hover a number to read it)

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, Diss. I, Ch. III, Art. I, § 2. On the Occupation of Things Found, nn. ¶1, ¶882, ¶883, ¶884, ¶885 & ¶886 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Tr. I, Disputation XXIV: On Resti…, Q. V, Subquestion II: What thing…, Doubt VI: When things acquired by fowling, fishing, and hunting are to be restored, nn. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (6 passages — hover a number to read it)

Tr. I, Disputation XXIV: On Resti…, Q. V, Subquestion II: What thing…, Doubt IX: What is to be restored by reason of finding, nn. 1–35 (35 passages)

Christian Theology, Dogmatic and Moral, in Compendium

Diss. I, Chapter V — On the dominion of things found, and of those things which accrue by force of alluvion or in another manner; and on prescription, nn. III & IV (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Title to Property — Slater, Cases I · Slater, Questions — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)