• mathic@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Technically, if you intend to return it eventually, it’s not theft.

    Theft, under the common law of England, as brought to the U.S., is the deprivation of personal property of another with the intention to permanently deprive them of it. If you don’t have that intent, it’s not theft. That’s why we have “joyriding” and “grand theft auto” as separate things.

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      10 months ago

      Is there anything about the exact definition of permanent? I mean, otherwise I could just include the items in my will and refer to that.

      “All items that have been subject to lending with one sided consent shall be returned to its respective owners at the end of my life.”