adverse claim

It is defined as, "in real estate, holding property without any adverse claim to possession or title by another."

A $35,000 additional payment to Marina Oswald was contingent upon the buyer obtaining possession "free and clear of all adverse claims."

The company's operating results and the results of the industry in general had deteriorated in recent years because of intense price competition and adverse claims experience.

Limitation period of between three and fifteen years (depending on State) from date that original owner discovers details of the adverse claim on the work of art.

A bailee, agent, or servant who re-delivers to his bailor, principal, or master is not liable for conversion unless the person entitled to immediate possession had made an adverse claim upon him.

Ofcom further ruled that the IPCC had not been given an adequate chance to respond to adverse claims that its work was politicised and that it had made misleading claims about malaria.

The Vendor is the beneficial owner free from liens, charges, encumbrances and adverse claims and (wherever possible) the registered proprietor of the Listed Intellectual Property Rights and such rights are valid and enforceable.