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Meaning of adverse possession | Babel Free

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

Čeština vydržení
Dansk hævd
Deutsch Ersitzung
Ελληνικά χρησικτησία
Español prescripción adquisitiva usucapión
Français prescription acquisitive usucapion
Italiano prescrizione acquisitiva usucapione
日本語 使用取得
한국어 사용취득
Nederlands verkrijgende verjaring
Polski zasiedzenie
Português prescrição aquisitiva usucapião
Русский приобрета́тельная да́вность
Svenska hävd
ไทย อายุความ

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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