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Squatter

SQUATTER. One who settles on the lands of others without any legal author-ity; this term is applied particularly to persons who settle on the public land. 3 Mart. N. S. 293.

Also often called "squatter's rights". The possession of land, without legal title, for a period of time sufficient to become recognized as legal owner.

The principle is alive today in some jurisdictions, where a squatter may obtain right of title by occupying the property of another in an open manner hostile to the true owner's rights (i.e.

The more common word for this is "squatters." Each state has its own period of time after which a squatter can acquire legal title. Some states prohibit title by mere prescription or possession.

unlawful detainer
n. 1) keeping possession of real property without a right, such as after a lease has expired, after being served with a notice to quit (vacate, leave) for non-payment of rent or other breach of lease, or being a "squatter" on the ...

The possession of land, without legal title, for a period of time sufficient to become recognized as legal owner. The more common word for this is "squatters." Each state has its own period of time after which a squatter can acquire legal title.

ADVERSE POSSESSION - The possession of land, without legal title, for a period of time sufficient to become recognized as legal owner. The more common word for this is "squatters.

Adverse possession: Possession of land, without legal title, for long enough - normally 12 years - to be recognized as the legal owner ("squatter's rights").

James Henry Lane (American politician)
Benjamin Franklin Wade (American statesman)
Missouri Compromise
squatter (word origin: 1788)
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William Pitt Fessenden (American statesman)
Compromise of 1850 (legal term) ...

In these cases too the law accepts that the property cannot be stolen - if someone moves into a flat and prevents the original residents from living there they are not regarded as 'thieves of the lease' but as 'squatters' and the law provides ...

in the United States was the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (1937). In Latin America, however, the tenure problem remains widespread, and in many countries a few owners still hold most of the land, while the majority of the cultivators are squatters.