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S and M own a house as joint tenants. Following a dispute with their neighbors, M raises an upside-down American flag on the flagpole in their yard. S asks M to remove it, but M refuses. S then says, “there were no additional steps that I could have taken to have the flag taken down more promptly.”
Which of the following best explains why S is wrong?
(A) M’s flying of the flag was an ouster of S.
(B) M committed waste.
(C) The flag created a nuisance.
(D) S had an undivided right to possession.
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