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adverse possession
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adverse possession

In Anglo-American property law, holding of real property (see real and personal property) with the knowledge and against the will of one who has a superior ownership interest in it. Statutes of limitation in most U.S. states allow an adverse possessor to acquire legal title if the owner does not seek timely possession.

adverse possession
Occupation of property by one not the true owner, openly, notoriously, and continuously. See statute of limitations; squatter’s right; proscription.
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There is one landlord who tried to get a family involved in drug-dealing evicted but the courts refused, saying they had squatters' rights.
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Adverse possession - or squatters' rights - is still a possibility although the law has changed in recent years and the Land Registry now needs to notify you before squatters gain rights.
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Squatters' rights - which is effectively what we are talking about here - were always something of an anomaly in modern-day society, and it was only a matter of time before some Government or other reined them in.
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