A straw man is a figure not intended to have a genuine beneficial interest in a
property
Property is a system of rights that gives people legal control of valuable things, and also refers to the valuable things themselves. Depending on the nature of the property, an owner of property may have the right to consume, alter, share, re ...
, to whom such property is nevertheless conveyed in order to facilitate a transaction.
See also
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Straw deed
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Straw owner
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Straw purchase
A straw purchase or nominee purchase is any purchase wherein an agent agrees to acquire a good or service for someone who is often unable or unwilling to purchase the good or service themselves, and the agent transfers the goods or services to th ...
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Strawman theory, a
pseudolegal conspiracy theory unrelated to the actual legal concept
References
Personal property law
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