tack
- The process of merging one's usage, possession, or time period with that of someone else in order to fulfill the legal duration necessary for obtaining ownership title or a prescriptive easement in the property owned by a third party
- In order to gain title to the abandoned property, the neighbor decided to tack his possession time with the previous owner's.
- The court ruled in favor of the plaintiff citing that his continuous usage in combination with his predecessor's, by the principle of tack, satisfied the requirement for a prescriptive easement.
- The law allows a tenant to tack their period of usage with the previous tenant's to satisfy the requirement for adverse possession.
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