n. a means to acquire title to land through obvious occupancy of ...

A means by which one can legally take another's property without paying for it. The requirements for adversely possessing property vary between states, but usually include continuous and open use [..]

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Adverse possession is a means by which someone may acquire title to the land of another through certain acts over a defined period of time. Such acts must continue uninterrupted for the time period de [..]

A method of asserting and gaining title to property against other claimants, including the record owner. The claim through adverse possession must include certain acts, as required by statute, over an uninterrupted interval of time. It is also open, notorious, and hostile.

n. a means to acquire title to land through obvious occupancy of the land, while claiming ownership for the period of years set by the law of the state where the property exists. This can arise when a [..]

 A method of asserting and gaining title to property against other claimants, including the record owner. The claim through adverse possession must include certain acts, as required by statute, over an uninterrupted interval of time. It is also open, notorious, and hostile.

Someone who has no documents to prove his ownership to land applies to be registered by the mere fact that he and perhaps previous owners have been in undisputed possession for a statutory period (nor [..]

The possession, by one person, of land belonging to another in a manner deemed adverse to the interest of the owner. In most states, by operation of law, title to the land becomes vested in such perso [..]

The legal possession, by one person, of land belonging to another in a manner which is adverse to the interest of the owner. In most states, by operation of law, title to the land becomes vested in su [..]

The right by which someone occupying a piece of land might acquire title against the real owner, if the occupant's possession has been actual, continuous, hostile, visible, and distinct for a sta [..]

A method of obtaining ownership rights by the open, notorious, exclusive, and hostile possession of private real property for a statutory period of ten years in Arizona. (For more information regardin [..]

A claim made against the lands of another by virtue of open and notorious possession of said lands by the claimant.

A process to obtain title to property through use or possession for a set period of time. Adverse possession is sometimes invoked to resolve competing ownership claims.

acquisition of title to real property through continued occupation over a period of time (usually five years); title acquired in this way is not considered marketable until established by court procee [..]

The acquisition of title by dispossessing the original owner for the requisite period (see, generally, Chapter 13). Alienation

A person who lives on someone else’s land for some time, who does not abandon it, and who is never removed by the owner is “in adverse possession” of the land. In some special situations this person can gain ownership of the land; that is, if he or she has been there long enough and has used the land in certain ways specified by law. See also PRESC [..]