Why does property law treat land interests as a “bundle of rights” rather than a single, unified entitlement?

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Because land can be owned by multiple people at the same time without any hierarchy of interests.

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Because possession and ownership are legally indistinguishable concepts.

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Because different legal relationships can co-exist to allocate distinct rights to different parties over the same land.

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Because property rights are inherently temporary and unstable.

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