[bryanlarsen]

You asserted that "Land ownership makes sense to beasts and man". If so, then saying "I'll buy this land for $24" is a straightforward transaction where being hoodwinked is basically impossible.

I "own" 1/6 of an acre of land. But there are many things I'm not allowed to do to my property. So do I truly own it?

I possess the right to do certain things to my property, and possess the right exclude others from doing certain things. I can resell that right. Those rights would be largely unaffected whether you call what I have ownership or not.

In practicality ownership of land is a semantic game, but it's an important piece of semantics.