usucapion

From Latin usucapio, usucapionis (“to acquire by prescription”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌjuːzjʊˈkeɪpiən/

usucapion (usually uncountable, plural usucapions)

1. The acquisition of right or title to an object by means of the passage of time. The common law analogue is adverse possession.

• usucaption

• acquisitive prescription
• adverse possession

• punacious

• IPA^(key): /y.zy.ka.pjɔ̃/

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usucapion f (plural usucapions)

1. usucapion

• “usucapion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.