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adverse possession
(redirected from Squatters' rights)

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adverse possession
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(Law) Property law the occupation or possession of land by a person not legally entitled to it. If continued unopposed for a period specifed by law, such occupation extinguishes the title of the rightful owner
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There is one landlord who tried to get a family involved in drug-dealing evicted but the courts refused, saying they had squatters' rights.
Why are properties allowed to fall into this state? by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
Adverse possession - or squatters' rights - is still a possibility although the law has changed in recent years and the Land Registry now needs to notify you before squatters gain rights.
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Squatters' rights - which is effectively what we are talking about here - were always something of an anomaly in modern-day society, and it was only a matter of time before some Government or other reined them in.
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