adverse possession
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
adverse possession (countable and uncountable, plural adverse possessions)
- (law) A means of acquiring title to another's real property without compensation by occupying the property in a manner that has under common law the requirements of being actual, open and notorious, exclusive, hostile, under cover of claim or right, and continuous for a certain number of years.
Synonyms[edit]
- usucaption, usucapion (mostly or comparatively, for civil law or religious law rather than common law)
- prescription
Coordinate terms[edit]
- disseisee (US) or disseizee (UK) - one whose property is adversely possessed
- disseisor (US) or disseizor (UK) - one who is adversely possessing the property of another
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Translations[edit]
legal principle
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