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Adverse possession

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-000416

A legal doctrine allowing a person to claim ownership of land by openly occupying it for a statutorily defined period, even without the owner's permission. The possession must be actual, open, notorious, exclusive, hostile, and continuous for the entire statutory period. This period varies by state, often ranging from 5 to 20 years.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-000416
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-000416",
  "term": "Adverse possession",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A legal doctrine allowing a person to claim ownership of land by openly occupying it for a statutorily defined period, even without the owner's permission. The possession must be actual, open, notorious, exclusive, hostile, and continuous for the entire statutory period. This period varies by state, often ranging from 5 to 20 years.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/adverse-possession/"
}

Record 187 of 5,445 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.