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latter right is extinguished; but this does not apply, if such thing or such right is the subject of a right of a third person.
If any real right except ownership and a right of another person, the subject of which is such real right, becomes vested in the same person, such other right is extinguished. In such case the proviso of the preceding paragraph applies correspondingly.
The provisions of the preceding article do not apply to a possessory right.
Chapter II.
Possessory Right.
Section I.
Acquisition of a Possessory Right.
180.
A person acquires a possessory right by holding a thing with the intention of doing so for himself.
181.
A possessory right may be acquired through a representative.
182.
An assignment of a possessory right is effected by the delivery of the thing possessed.