adverse possession

Noun

 * 1)  A means of acquiring title to another's real property without compensation by occupying the property in a manner that has under common law the requirements of being actual, open and notorious, exclusive, hostile, under cover of claim or right, and continuous for a certain number of years.

Coordinate terms

 * (US) or (UK) - one whose property is adversely possessed
 * (US) or (UK) - one who is adversely possessing the property of another

Translations

 * Afrikaans: verjaring
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 逆權侵佔
 * Czech:
 * Danish: hævd
 * Dutch: verkrijgende verjaring
 * Finnish: kuulutuslainhuuto nautinnan perusteella
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:, prescrizione acquisitiva
 * Japanese: 使用取得
 * Korean: 사용취득
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, prescrição aquisitiva
 * Romanian: posesie adversă
 * Romansch: acquist tras giudida
 * Romansch: acquist tras giudida
 * Russian: приобрета́тельная да́вность
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: до̀сјело̄ст
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:, prescripción adquisitiva
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: การครอบครองปรปักษ์, อายุความ
 * Welsh: meddiant gwrthgefn, hirfeddiant