Patience stood stock still, glaring daggers at Mal, “Get. Off. My. World.”
“Ain't your world no more, Patience,” Mal replied.
“Bought and paid for.” she snorted.
“Bad investment then. Didn't you read the fine print when you bought out the Terriforming contract?” Mal asked, grinning.
Patience's brow scrunched up, “What fine print?”
Inara stepped forward, “Per the Terriforming and Homestead Act of 2468. Any world, After being certified as habitable for human colonization, shall be deeded to the citizens living on said world fifty years after initial colonization.”
“Say again?”
“Essentially, you old hag,” Inara snarled, “Fifty years after the terriforming company certifies the planet, the people living on it inherit the planet from the company. You now only own the plot of land where your house sits... as of two months ago.”
-- Guardians -- Chapter 3 by Briglad