Abstract

BRANGIER PENAILILLO, Víctor Mauricio  and  ALBORNOZ VASQUEZ, María Eugenia. Between possession and deed. Judicial management of land owner requirements in the Cachapoal valley, Chile, 1820-1858. Andamios [online]. 2021, vol.18, n.46, pp.467-491.  Epub Jan 17, 2022. ISSN 2594-1917.  https://doi.org/10.29092/uacm.v18i46.853.

The study problematizes the convergence of two proprietary requirements on land, possession and title deed, in an agricultural valley of Chile during the first half of the 19th century. The residents, in lawsuits for land rights, reinterpreted the legal and performative value of both requirements by managing an instrument that allowed their coexistence: writs of possession. These experiences contribute to the discussions about the social appropriation of the acts of taking possession of the land and regarding the formalization of rights, which conceived these proprietary requirements as exclusive and successive.

Keywords : Land; rights; property; Chile; 19th century.

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