adverse possession
the open and exclusive occupation and use of someone else's real property without permission of the owner continuously for a period of years prescribed by law, thereafter giving title to the occupier-user.
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How to use adverse possession in a sentence
He found him in adverse possession of his property and with a gun raised ready to shoot.
Silver and Gold | Dane CoolidgeThe civil statutes also give moral validity to the title of prescription, or adverse possession.
Distributive Justice | John A. (John Augustine) RyanIt is not wonderful that property began in adverse possession.
Ancient Law | Sir Henry James Sumner MaineThe doctrine of "adverse possession" is founded on the anxiety of our law to secure quietude of title.
Ten Thousand a-Year (Vol. 2) | Samuel WarrenA far longer period than the present one was requisite to constitute "adverse possession" at the time mentioned in the text.
Ten Thousand a-Year (Vol. 2) | Samuel Warren
British Dictionary definitions for adverse possession
property law the occupation or possession of land by a person not legally entitled to it. If continued unopposed for a period specifed by law, such occupation extinguishes the title of the rightful owner
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