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prescription/adverse possession (356)
Prescription is the manner of acquiring property by a long, honest, and uninterrupted possession or use during the time required by law. Adverse possession is a legal principle under which a person who does not have legal title to a piece of property — usually land — acquires legal ownership based on continuous possession or occupation of the property without the permission of its legal owner. French: prescription acquisitive/usucapion Spanish: prescripción/usucapión Arabic: وصفة الامتلاك / حيازة سلبية Russian: право приобретательной давности/противопоставленное владение Chinese: 长期占有/逆权侵占 AGROVOC: prescription
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