acquisitive prescription

For example, Louisiana has a legal doctrine called acquisitive prescription, which is derived from French law.

Acquisition of a servitude may also occur, in terms of the Prescription Act, by acquisitive prescription.

Usacapio was a form of acquisitive prescription - the passage of time entitled the holder to particular rights of acquisition.

Acquisitive prescription describes the acquisition of property, or rights of ownership, and therefore falls outside the scope of contract law.

Preemption Act of 1841 (USA acquisitive prescription law)

Randall Lesaffer, "Argument from Roman Law in Current International Law:Occupation and Acquisitive Prescription."

Acquiring a piece of movable or immovable property by prescription is known as "acquisitive prescription" while losing property or a right is known as "extinctive prescription".

Usucapion (Latin usucapio) (in U.S. and U.K. known as acquisitive prescription), is a concept found in civil law systems and has its origin in the Roman law of property.