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* ''Literature/TheSpiderwickChronicles'': The companion book ''Care and Feeding of Sprites'' notes that some pet sprites may want a pet of their own (usually a mouse or insect), but owners should be sure their sprite is responsible enough that they won't be stuck taking care of two pets.
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* This is how the feudal system worked. An overlord had "his men", or vassals, ruling pieces of his land in his stead. They had their own men, and subdivided their tracts of land between them. The lesser vassals had their own vassals, until the land plots became too small to be further divided.
* The whole idea of organization hierarchy is one: in an army, a major sergeant's subordinate would in turn have subordinates, who in turn have their own subordinates, etc.
* The whole idea of organization hierarchy is one: in an army, a major sergeant's subordinate would in turn have subordinates, who in turn have their own subordinates, etc.
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* Some very rich Romans owned trusted slaves who were, in effect, paid employees with a great deal of responsibility. Such slaves frequently owned slaves of their own to do the routine work, though in theory, slaves owned by a slave were also the property of the dominant slave's owner. However, many masters paid only lip service to this, and if the dominant slave was freed, any slaves he owned would then legally become his property.
* In Brazil, some slaves owned themselves ''other slaves''.
* In Brazil, some slaves owned themselves ''other slaves''.
* In AncientRome, some very rich Roman citizens owned trusted slaves who were, in effect, paid employees with a great deal of responsibility. Such slaves frequently owned slaves of their own to do the routine work, though in theory, slaves owned by a slave were also the property of the dominant slave's owner. However, many masters paid only lip service to this, and if the dominant slave was freed, any slaves he owned would then legally become his property.
* This is how the [[TheMiddleAges feudal system]] worked. A FeudalOverlord had "his men", or vassals, ruling pieces of his land in his stead. They had their own men, and subdivided their tracts of land between them. The lesser vassals had their own vassals, until the land plots became too small to be further divided.
* In colonial UsefulNotes/{{Brazil}}, some slaves owned themselves ''other slaves''.
* In UsefulNotes/{{The New|Russia}} UsefulNotes/{{Russia}}, UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin has several big villas and other expensive properties as a not-very-secret testimony to his extravagant wealth, and so do his oligarchic regime's various key figures such as his party's leader Dimitri Medvedev, [[UsefulNotes/OrthodoxChristianity Patriarch Kirill of Moscow]], [[UsefulNotes/TheGloriousFederalSubjects Chechnya]]'s chief Ramzan Kadyrov, the late Yevgeny Prigozhin and so on. Most of them also have (or had) real estate in Western UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}. This was also the case of pro-Russia UsefulNotes/{{Ukrain|e}}ian president Viktor Yanukovych before he was ousted in 2014. Also, following the precedent set by Prigozhin's Wagner Group, a number of Putin's oligarchs have started to build their own [[PrivateMilitaryContractors private armies]].
* This is how the [[TheMiddleAges feudal system]] worked. A FeudalOverlord had "his men", or vassals, ruling pieces of his land in his stead. They had their own men, and subdivided their tracts of land between them. The lesser vassals had their own vassals, until the land plots became too small to be further divided.
* In colonial UsefulNotes/{{Brazil}}, some slaves owned themselves ''other slaves''.
* In UsefulNotes/{{The New|Russia}} UsefulNotes/{{Russia}}, UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin has several big villas and other expensive properties as a not-very-secret testimony to his extravagant wealth, and so do his oligarchic regime's various key figures such as his party's leader Dimitri Medvedev, [[UsefulNotes/OrthodoxChristianity Patriarch Kirill of Moscow]], [[UsefulNotes/TheGloriousFederalSubjects Chechnya]]'s chief Ramzan Kadyrov, the late Yevgeny Prigozhin and so on. Most of them also have (or had) real estate in Western UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}. This was also the case of pro-Russia UsefulNotes/{{Ukrain|e}}ian president Viktor Yanukovych before he was ousted in 2014. Also, following the precedent set by Prigozhin's Wagner Group, a number of Putin's oligarchs have started to build their own [[PrivateMilitaryContractors private armies]].
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* In UsefulNotes/{{The New|Russia}} UsefulNotes/{{Russia}}, UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin has several big villas and other expensive properties as a not-very-secret testimony to his extravagant wealth, and so do his oligarchic regime's various key figures such as his party's leader Dimitri Medvedev, [[UsefulNotes/OrthodoxChristianity Patriarch Kirill of Moscow]], [[UsefulNotes/TheGloriousFederalSubjects Chechnya]]'s chief Ramzan Kadyrov, the late Yevgeny Prigozhin and so on. Most of them also have (or had) real estate in Western UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}. This was also the case of pro-Russia UsefulNotes/{{Ukrain|e}}ian president Viktor Yanukovych before he was ousted in 2014. Also, following the precedent set by Prigozhin's Wagner Group, a number of Putin's oligarchs have started to build their own [[PrivateMilitaryContractors private armies]].
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* In UsefulNotes/TheNewRussia, UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin has several big villas and other expensive properties as a not-very-secret testimony to his extravagant wealth, and so do his oligarchic regime's various key figures such as his party's leader Dimitri Medvedev, [[UsefulNotes/OrthodoxChristianity Patriarch Kirill of Moscow]], [[UsefulNotes/TheGloriousFederalSubjects Chechnya]]'s chief Ramzan Kadyrov, the late Yevgeny Prigozhin and so on. Most of them also have (or had) real estate in Western UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}. This was also the case of pro-Russia UsefulNotes/{{Ukrain|e}}ian president Viktor Yanukovych before he was ousted in 2014. Also, following the precedent set by Prigozhin's Wagner Group, a number of Putin's oligarchs have started to build their own [[PrivateMilitaryContractors private armies]].
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* In UsefulNotes/TheNewRussia, UsefulNotes/{{The New|Russia}} UsefulNotes/{{Russia}}, UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin has several big villas and other expensive properties as a not-very-secret testimony to his extravagant wealth, and so do his oligarchic regime's various key figures such as his party's leader Dimitri Medvedev, [[UsefulNotes/OrthodoxChristianity Patriarch Kirill of Moscow]], [[UsefulNotes/TheGloriousFederalSubjects Chechnya]]'s chief Ramzan Kadyrov, the late Yevgeny Prigozhin and so on. Most of them also have (or had) real estate in Western UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}. This was also the case of pro-Russia UsefulNotes/{{Ukrain|e}}ian president Viktor Yanukovych before he was ousted in 2014. Also, following the precedent set by Prigozhin's Wagner Group, a number of Putin's oligarchs have started to build their own [[PrivateMilitaryContractors private armies]].
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* In UsefulNotes/TheNewRussia, UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin has several big villas and other expensive properties as a not-very-secret testimony to his extravagant wealth, and so do his oligarchic regime's various key figures such as his party's leader Dimitri Medvedev, [[UsefulNotes/OrthodoxChristianity Patriarch Kirill of Moscow]], [[UsefulNotes/TheGloriousFederalSubjects Chechnya]]'s chief Ramzan Kadyrov, the late Yevgeny Prigozhin and so on. Most of them also have (or had) real estate in Western UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}. This was also the case of pro-Russia UsefulNotes/{{Ukrain|e}}ian president Viktor Yanukovych before he was ousted in 2014.
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* In UsefulNotes/TheNewRussia, UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin has several big villas and other expensive properties as a not-very-secret testimony to his extravagant wealth, and so do his oligarchic regime's various key figures such as his party's leader Dimitri Medvedev, [[UsefulNotes/OrthodoxChristianity Patriarch Kirill of Moscow]], [[UsefulNotes/TheGloriousFederalSubjects Chechnya]]'s chief Ramzan Kadyrov, the late Yevgeny Prigozhin and so on. Most of them also have (or had) real estate in Western UsefulNotes/{{Europe}}. This was also the case of pro-Russia UsefulNotes/{{Ukrain|e}}ian president Viktor Yanukovych before he was ousted in 2014. Also, following the precedent set by Prigozhin's Wagner Group, a number of Putin's oligarchs have started to build their own [[PrivateMilitaryContractors private armies]].
