LEGAL WORD
Adverse possession
Legal term · Property law
Adverse possession
- Type: Legal term
- Area of law: Property law
1 What it means
Gaining ownership of land by open, continuous and hostile possession for the period fixed by the Limitation Act, usually twelve years.
2 Use it in a sentence
He claimed title by adverse possession after twenty years of open occupation.
3 Make it stick
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