On Wed, September 4, 2013 1:47 pm, Daniel Jitnah wrote:

In the case of The Melbourne Twins, the biscuit is jointly owned by Lev and Russel, and this will always be Lev and Russel.

However if later on the Melbourne Twins became two other individuals, say Peter and Mary, and Lev and Russel cease to be The Melbourne Twins, it does not follow that the biscuits will belong to the new Melbourne Twins. The biscuit is jointly owned by Lev and Russel, not by the Melbourne Twins, The Melbourne Twins here is only words used to designate these 2 people as one. The Melbourne Twins *is* (note the use of the single *is*) not here an entity entitled to own property.

That is absolutely correct. Even a matter like the Register's Guidelines for an Application to Confirm Ownership of Water Share Water Act 1989 c.f., Schedule 15, Clause 18(2) - Unincorporated Associations. Every member of an unincorporated association must sign a statutory declaration to indicate that they will or will not be named as an owner to the share. The Consumer Affairs website of the Victorian government also makes this abundantly clear. Unincorporated associations can not hold property in their own name. It is the individuals who a members who hold that property, enter contracts, and liability. http://www.consumer.vic.gov.au/clubs-and-not-for-profits/incorporated-associ... Unincorporated associations only own property to the extent that individual members own that property (and liability, and contract etc). The association, per se, does not hold property. All the best, -- Lev Lafayette, BA (Hons), GCertPM, MBA mobile: 0432 255 208 RFC 1855 Netiquette Guidelines http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt