Definitions for usucaption

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  1. usucaption(Noun)

    The acquisition of right or title to an object by means of the passage of time.

  2. Origin: usucapio –onis: to acquire by prescription.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Usucaption(noun)

    the acquisition of the title or right to property by the uninterrupted possession of it for a certain term prescribed by law; -- the same as prescription in common law


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