"adverse possession" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: adverse possessions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} adverse possession (countable and uncountable, plural adverse possessions)
  1. (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. Wikipedia link: adverse possession Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law, Property law Synonyms: usucaption, usucapion (english: mostly or comparatively, for civil law or religious law rather than common law), prescription, hostile possession Derived forms: adversely possess Related terms: possession is nine-tenths of the law, squatter's rights Coordinate_terms: disseisee [US], disseizee (english: one whose property is adversely possessed) [UK], disseisor [US], disseizor (english: one who is adversely possessing the property of another) [UK] Translations (legal principle): verjaring (Afrikaans), 逆權侵佔 (Chinese Mandarin), 逆权侵占 (nìquán qīnzhàn) (Chinese Mandarin), vydržení [neuter] (Czech), hævd [common-gender] (Danish), verkrijgende verjaring [feminine] (Dutch), kuulutuslainhuuto nautinnan perusteella (Finnish), prescription acquisitive [feminine] (French), usucapion [feminine] (French), usucapión [masculine] (Galician), Ersitzung [feminine] (German), χρησικτησία (chrisiktisía) [feminine] (Greek), usucapione [masculine] (Italian), prescrizione acquisitiva [feminine] (Italian), 使用取得 (shiyō shutoku) (alt: しようしゅとく) (Japanese), 사용취득 (sayongchwideuk) (Korean), zasiedzenie [neuter] (Polish), usucapião [masculine] (Portuguese), prescrição aquisitiva [feminine] (Portuguese), posesie adversă [feminine] (Romanian), acquist tras giudida [masculine] (Romansch), приобрета́тельная да́вность (priobretátelʹnaja dávnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), до̀сјело̄ст [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), dòsjelōst [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), usucapión [feminine] (Spanish), prescripción adquisitiva [feminine] (Spanish), hävd [common-gender] (Swedish), การครอบครองปรปักษ์ (Thai), อายุความ (aa-yú-kwaam) (Thai), meddiant gwrthgefn [masculine] (Welsh), hirfeddiant [masculine] (Welsh)

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}

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