Adverse Possession

Adverse Possession in Europe

Definition of Adverse Possession

An occupation of land inconsistent with the right of the true owner.
If the adverse possession continues for a certain period of time, it produces the effect either of barring the right of the time owner, and thus converting the possessor into the owner, or of depriving the true owner of his right of action to recover his property ; and this although the true owner is ignorant of the adverse possessor being in occupation. See Limitation, Statutes of

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