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ADVERSE POSSESSION

Definition: ADVERSE POSSESSION

ADVERSE POSSESSION

1. (Law), a possession of real property avowedly contrary to some claim of title in another person. --Abbott. Syn: Averse; reluctant; unwilling. See Averse .

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 



Specialty Definitions: ADVERSE POSSESSION

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Finance

A claim to acquire the title to another owner's property by an occupant who has openly and peaceably occupied that property continuously for a period of time (usually 20 years) without being challenged by the original owner. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Usage: ADVERSE POSSESSION

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Movie/TV Titles

Adverse Possession (1998)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: ADVERSE POSSESSION

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Books

  • Adverse Possession and the South Carolina Land Surveyor (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ADVERSE POSSESSION

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

adverse possession

104

adverse possession law

9

adverse possession texas

7

adverse possession wisconsin

2

adverse possession florida

2

adverse possession state washington

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: ADVERSE POSSESSION

Language Translations for "ADVERSE POSSESSION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

appropriation par occupation, occupation sans titre. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

adverseay ossessionpay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: ADVERSE POSSESSION

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-e-i-n-o-o-p-r-s-s-s-s-s-v"

-4 letters: passivenesses, repossessions.

-5 letters: dispossessor, dressinesses, repossession, savorinesses, sparsenesses, vasopressins.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: ADVERSE POSSESSION


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 44 56 45 52 53 45      50 4F 53 53 45 53 53 49 4F 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01000100 01010110 01000101 01010010 01010011 01000101 00100000 01010000 01001111 01010011 01010011 01000101 01010011 01010011 01001001 01001111 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#68 &#86 &#69 &#82 &#83 &#69 &#32 &#80 &#79 &#83 &#83 &#69 &#83 &#83 &#73 &#79 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0044 0056 0045 0052 0053 0045      0050 004F 0053 0053 0045 0053 0053 0049 004F 004E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

35385639525339250495353395353434948

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Modern
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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