GLOSSARY

Canadian Financial, Real Estate and Mortgage Glossary

Adverse Possession

Synonyms:	ownership, rights, squatter's rights, use it or lose it, usurpation
Filed Under:	legal-contracts, real-estate
Tags:	contract, legal, realty

adverse possession: 1. Also known as "squatter's rights." This refers to a person or persons getting title to a piece of property or land by simply using it without any objection from the legal title holder. Where the law permits, anyone one who uses land for 10 years or more openly as if they owned it, will be granted ownership of it.

adverse use Use of someone's property without permission.
aviation easement An agreement that grants the right to fly airplanes over property, even if the practice causes damage, inconvenience, or loss of property value. Such an agreement usually restricts the property owner from building or growing anything over a specified height.
common law (CL) Traditional, unwritten law based on English custom.
➥ Laws developed by judges through court decisions and precedent.
common law marriage (CLM) To be recognized as being married without foregoing a matrimonial ceremony.
condemnation The act of condemning (as land forfeited for public use) or judging by a government to be unfit for use.
easement Giving persons other than the owner access to or over a property.
possession Something that is owned.
title Evidence of a person's right to possession ownership of a property.