adverse possession

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolprescripción adquisitiva usucapión

Françaisprescription acquisitive usucapion

DeutschErsitzung

12 more languages

Češtinavydržení

Danskhævd

Ελληνικάχρησικτησία

Italianoprescrizione acquisitiva usucapione

日本語使用取得

한국어사용취득

Nederlandsverkrijgende verjaring

Polskizasiedzenie

Portuguêsprescrição aquisitiva usucapião

Русскийприобрета́тельная да́вность

Svenskahävd

ไทยอายุความ

Examples

“Adverse possession was a legal maneuver straight out of the Sovereign Citizen canon.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

adverse selection adverse witness adverse yaw adverse; hostile Adversed Adversely

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