the right of ownership

a claim, consciously protected by customary law and practice, to a resource and/or the service or benefits that derive from it

a natural right of a particular rights-holder or a particular group of rights-holders to control the use of (have jurisdiction over) a particular object or a particular aspect of a particular object

an enforceable authority to undertake particular actions in a specific domain

a legally enforceable arrangement that empowers a person to use or hold aspects of a resource. The right may be limited in term and conditional upon the performance of certain duties.

The claimant has property right to benefits once a valid monetary determination is issued, found the claimant to be nonmonetarily eligible for benefits and allowed waiting period credit or benefits. Once the claimant has established property rights, benefits cannot be stopped or pended without giving the claimant due process.

In water, the point at which a permit to use water is developed to actual water use and the permittee files notice of beneficial use. Before that point, the permit is not a property right attaching to the land.