Definition of Usucaption. Meaning of Usucaption. Synonyms of Usucaption

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Definition of Usucaption

Usucaption
Usucaption U`su*cap"tion (?; 277), n. [L. usucapere, usucaptum, to acquire by long use; usu (ablative of usus use) + capere to take: cf. usucapio usucaption.] (Roman Law) 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.

Meaning of Usucaption from wikipedia

- Usucaption (Latin: usucapio), also known as acquisitive prescription, is a concept found in civil law systems and has its origin in the Roman law of property...
- • Christiania Act 7 June 1989 • Christiania Act amended 9 June 2004 • Usucaption denied 26 May 2009 • Legally purchased by residents under Freetown Christiania...
- possession ("possession is nine-tenths of the law") Uti possidetis Usucapio/Usucaption Theft by finding Parker v British Airways Board (1982) 1 All ER 834 Nicole...
- Acquiescence Dreamtime Legal fiction Prehistory Royal lives clause Uradel Usucaption Oxford English Dictionary (1971 ed.), Vol. I, p. 63c Time Immemorial,...
- possession. It was subsequently developed as a principle of civil law systems, usucaption. It is similar to the common law concept of adverse possession, or acquiring...
- Right-of-way (railroad) Rights of way in England and Wales Squatting Trover Usucaption "usufruct". Oxford English Dictionary second edition. Oxford University...
- interest in real estate Title (property) – Bundle of rights to a property Usucaption – Acquisition of property "What is Land Tenure?". LandLinks. Retrieved...
- unauthorized use of abandoned property with no implied ownership or right to use Usucaption: acquisitive prescription ownership after defined period of unauthorized...
- Homestead principle Original appropriation Pedis possessio Seasteading Usucaption Uti possidetis Even as to terra nullius, like a volcanic island, or territory...
- Lesaffer 2005, pp. 40–1, 43, 45, 47. Ownership might be acquired by usucaption but this required a defective title, not no title at all. Poste & Whittuck...