What is the meaning of the phrase "a right of any kind whatever"?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Mackinnon v. The Queen, 2007 TCC 658 (CanLII):
The definition of property found at subsection 248(1) of the Act, and more particularly the phrase “a right of any kind whatever”, has been the subject of many court decisions. In Manrell v. The Queen, 2003 DTC 5225, madam Justice Sharlow had this to say on the meaning of property:
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