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  2. Adverse possession - Wikipedia

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    For registered land, adverse possession claims completed after 13 October 2003 follow a different procedure. Where land is registered, the adverse possessor may henceforth apply to be registered as owner after 10 years [32] of adverse possession and the Land Registry must give notice to the true owner of this application. [33]

  3. Squatting in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 2024, Alabama passed legislation to have squatters evicted within 24 hours, face felony charges, and 1–10 years in prison. [58] [59] In common law, through the legally recognized concept of adverse possession, a squatter can become a bona fide owner of property without compensation to the

  4. Rule against perpetuities - Wikipedia

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    Because the interest will not vest until her new child reaches 25 years of age, which cannot happen until more than 21 years after A and her other children (together who form the "lives in being" to which the rule refers) have all died, the rule against perpetuities makes the entire gift "to the first of A's children to reach 25 years of age" void.

  5. Squatters Beware: States Are Revising Adverse Possession Laws

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    In Texas, where it takes 10 years of squatting to obtain property through "adverse possession," a man named Kenneth Robinson recently tried to claim a $330,000 home in the city of Flower Mound for ...

  6. How Can I Avoid Adverse Possession on a Real Estate ... - AOL

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    Adverse possession is a legal concept that occurs when a trespasser, someone with no legal title, can gain legal ownership over a piece of property if the actual owner does not challenge it within ...

  7. J A Pye (Oxford) Ltd v Graham - Wikipedia

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    Adverse possession; section 75(1) of the Land Registration Act 1925 (repealed 13 October 2003) J A Pye (Oxford) Ltd and Others v Graham and another [2002] is an English land law judgment from the final court of appeal at the time, the House of Lords , on adverse possession .

  8. Property law in the United States - Wikipedia

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    As of 2014, the Restatement's failure to address basic doctrines like adverse possession and real estate transfers had never been corrected over 75 years, three Restatements series, and 17 volumes. [2] In the 1970s, the Uniform Law Commission's project to standardize state real property law was a spectacular failure. [3] [4] [5]

  9. Nec vi, nec clam, nec precario - Wikipedia

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    Specifically, if a path is used – openly, not against protests, but without permission of the landowner – for an extended period (20 years) then a permanent legal right to such use is usually established. It is often referred to in the context of adverse possession and other land law issues.