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usucaption

usucaption


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Usucaption  \U`su*cap"tion\  (?;  277),  n.  [L.  usucapere 
  usucaptum  to  acquire  by  long  use  usu  (ablative  of  usus  use) 
  +  capere  to  take:  cf  usucapio  usucaption.]  (Roman  Law) 
  The  acquisition  of  the  title  or  right  to  property  by  the 
  uninterrupted  possession  of  it  for  a  certain  term  prescribed 
  by  law;  --  the  same  as  {prescription}  in  common  law.