It also meant that the owner was entitled to abandon the thing and there exists in civil law, what is known as acquisited prescription which means that if a person possesses an object for a period of time as required by law, the ownership of such thing will be acquired therefore if an owner abandons a thing he owns and the possession of such thing is taken over by someone else, then such third party may after the lapse of a period of time acquire ownership instead of the original owner.
Pia ilimaanisha kuwa mmiliki alikuwa na haki ya kuachana na jambo na upo katika sheria za kiraia, yale inajulikana kama acquisited dawa ambayo ina maana kwamba kama mtu ana kitu kwa ajili ya kipindi cha muda kama inavyotakiwa na sheria, umiliki wa kitu kama hicho itakuwa kupatikana kwa hiyo kama mmiliki abandons jambo yeye anamiliki na milki ya jambo kama hilo ni kuchukuliwa juu kwa mtu mwingine, basi kama chama cha tatu may baada ya kupita kipindi cha muda kupata umiliki badala ya mmiliki wa awali.