Look up: Usucaption

1. Usucaption
   • (n.) The acquisition of the title or right to property by the uninterrupted possession of it for a certain term prescribed by law; -- the same as prescription in common law.
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2. Usucaption
   The manner of acquiring property in things by the lapse of time required by law. Can be equated to adverse possession in many ways. It differs from prescription, which has the same sense, and means, in addition, the manner of acquiring and losing, by the effect of time regulated by law, all sorts of rights and actions.
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3. Usucaption
   `Usucaption` (Latin usucapio) (in U.S. and U.K. known as acquisitive prescription), is a concept found in civil law systems and has its origin in the Roman law of property. Usucaption is a method by which ownership of property can be gained by lapse of time (acquiescence). While usucap...
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