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Adverse possession
| Property law |
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| Part of the common law series |
| Types |
| Acquisition |
| Estates in land |
| Conveyancing |
| Future use control |
| Nonpossessory interest |
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| Other common law areas |
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Higher category: Law and Common law |
Adverse possession in common law, and the related civil law concept of usucaption (also acquisitive prescription or prescriptive acquisition), are legal mechanisms under which a person who does not have legal title to a piece of property, usually real property, may acquire legal ownership based on continuous possession or occupation without the permission (licence) of its legal owner.[1]
It is sometimes colloquially described as squatter's rights, a term associated with occupation without legal title during the westward expansion in North America,[2][3] as occupying real property without permission is central to adverse possession. Some jurisdictions regulate squatting separately from adverse possession.
- ^ "Adverse possession". Wex. Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- ^ Libecap, Gary D. (1989). Contracting for property rights. Internet Archive. Cambridge [England]; New York : Cambridge University Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-521-36620-5.
- ^ Brestler, Don (2002). A young adult's guide to the Canadian west. Internet Archive. Calgary : Bayeux. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-896209-72-2.
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