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== Determine What Constitutes Contract ==
 
== Determine What Constitutes Contract ==
 
Contracts are not always written or signed.  For example, you could allow continues presence on and use of your property with or without notification of duties if the form of contract is customary.  That's why restaurants and bars can have a cover charge, and nations can charge taxes.
 
Contracts are not always written or signed.  For example, you could allow continues presence on and use of your property with or without notification of duties if the form of contract is customary.  That's why restaurants and bars can have a cover charge, and nations can charge taxes.
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== Collecting Rent ==
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Assume you are a landowner, and somebody squats on your land.  You are entitled to demand rent of the squatter on pain of legal enforcement of your right to exclude, which can include fines or imprisonment if the fines are not paid.  This is no different than taxation of somebody who enters or resides in the USA.  The US government has the allodial title, and can enforce its taation the same as a landlord can enforce rent, even on squatters who haven't "signed a contract".
  
 
== Standard Form Contracts ==
 
== Standard Form Contracts ==

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