adverse possession

== English == === Alternative forms === hostile possession === Noun === adverse possession (countable and uncountable, plural adverse possessions) (law) 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. ==== Synonyms ==== usucaption, usucapion (mostly or comparatively, for civil law or religious law rather than common law) prescription ==== Coordinate terms ==== disseisee (US) or disseizee (UK) - one whose property is adversely possessed disseisor (US) or disseizor (UK) - one who is adversely possessing the property of another ==== Derived terms ==== adversely possess ==== Translations ==== === See also === possession is nine-tenths of the law squatter's rights