adverse possession
- A method of acquiring legal ownership of a property by occupying it openly, continuously, and without the consent of the original owner for a specific period of time
- If the trespassers continue their occupancy for five more years, they can claim the land through adverse possession.
- Despite owning the land on paper, he lost it by adverse possession because he neglected it for years.
- After paying taxes for a vacant lot for a decade, she became its owner through adverse possession.
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