43-2-5. Absolute ownership of property defined.
The ownership of property is absolute when a single person has the absolute dominion over it, and may use it or dispose of it according to his pleasure, subject only to general laws.
Source: CivC 1877, §172; CL 1887, §2688; RCivC 1903, §195; RC 1919, §265; SDC 1939, §51.0208.