adverse possession
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]adverse possession (countable and uncountable, plural adverse possessions)
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A is a squatter. In Year 1, A started residing on B’s private property without B’s permission. Suppose in that property’s jurisdiction, there is a 60-year limitation period, and there are no other laws prohibiting or limiting the application of adverse possession. If A is caught from Year 1 to Year 60, he could be sued as a trespasser and evicted. But once the 60-year limitation period lapsed (i.e. from Year 61), B cannot commence action on A, and A become the lawful owner of B’s property. |
- (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
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]legal principle
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