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  2. Adverse possession - Wikipedia

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    Adverse possession in common law, and the related civil law concept of usucaption (also acquisitive prescription or prescriptive acquisition), are legal mechanisms under which a person who does not have legal title to a piece of property, usually real property, may acquire legal ownership based on continuous possession or occupation without the permission of its legal owner.

  3. Land Registration Act 2002 - Wikipedia

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    Title depends on adverse possession. It conveys no guarantee of title at the time of registration, but subsequent problems (e.g. forgery of proprietor's signature) will be covered by the guarantee. It can be upgraded into absolute title after being in possession as proprietor for 12 years (s.62(1), (4)).

  4. HM Land Registry - Wikipedia

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    Property Register: Describes the property, including its address, any rights of way, or other benefits attached to the land. Proprietorship Register : Lists the name(s) of the current owner(s) and the class of title, such as freehold or leasehold, and may also include purchase price information if recently transacted.

  5. 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 ...

  6. Lost, mislaid, and abandoned property - Wikipedia

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    In property law, lost, mislaid, and abandoned property are categories of the common law of property which deals with personal property or chattel which has left the possession of its rightful owner without having directly entered the possession of another person. Property can be considered lost, mislaid, or abandoned depending on the ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. Bundle of rights - Wikipedia

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    "Squatting" can result in "adverse possession", that in common law, is the process by which title to another's real property is acquired without compensation, by holding the property in a manner that conflicts with the true owner's rights for a specified period of time. Circumstances of the adverse possession determine the type of title ...

  9. Possession (law) - Wikipedia

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    In the same way, the passage of time can bring to an end the owner's right to recover exclusive possession of a property without losing the ownership of it, as when an adverse easement for use is granted by a court. In civil law countries, possession is not a right but a (legal) fact, which enjoys certain protection by the law.