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adverse possession

adverse possession noun: 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.

Noun

adverse possession (countable and uncountable, plural adverse possessions)

  1. 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.
    • Adverse possession was a legal maneuver straight out of the Sovereign Citizen canon.2019, Anthony McCann, Shadowlands: Fear and Freedom at the Oregon Standoff, Bloomsbury, →ISBN

adverse possession meaning in Tamil and Thai

adverse possession in Tamil

எதிரிடை உடைமை, எதிரனுபோகம்

adverse possession in Thai

legal principle
การครอบครองปรปักษ์, อายุความ aa-yú-kwaam

Synonyms of adverse possession

Forms of adverse possession

pluraladverse possessions
alternative formhostile possession

Words formed from adverse possession

Questions about adverse possession

What does adverse possession mean?
Adverse possession means 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.
What is adverse possession in Tamil?
Adverse possession in Tamil is எதிரிடை உடைமை, எதிரனுபோகம். See Adverse possession meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is adverse possession?
Adverse possession is a noun.
What is the plural of adverse possession?
The plural of adverse possession is adverse possessions.

Words near adverse possession in the dictionary

  1. adverse interest
  2. adverse interest rule
  3. adverse interests
  4. adverse parties
  5. adverse party
  6. adverse possession
  7. adverse possessions
  8. adverse selection
  9. adverse witness
  10. adverse witnesses
  11. adverse yaw

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