About "unclaimed property": Nature (and law) abhors a vac…

About "unclaimed property":
Nature (and law) abhors a vacuum; someone must own it. Extended non-use was taken as evidence of abandonment.
Holding essentially is non-usage.

Property sitting idle is economically wasteful. Society benefits when land is farmed, money is invested, and assets are put to use. Allowing a claimant to take over idle property promotes productive use — a utilitarian justification rooted in thinkers like John Locke, who argued that mixing one's labor with land creates ownership claims.