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USUCAPION [1 record]

Record 1 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Public Law
DEF

title to territory based on uninterrupted and uncontested occupation ... over a reasonably long period.

DEF

for "usucapion": Roman law: a mode of acquiring title to property by uninterrupted possession of it for a definite period ... under a title acquired in good faith.

OBS

for "usucaptio": The term "usucapio" is sometimes, but erroneously, written "usucaptio".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit international public
CONT

Emprunté de la terminologie du droit romain par le droit privé pour désigner l'acquisition de la propriété par l'expiration d'un temps généralement prévu par la loi, le vocable de prescription acquisitive ou d'usucapion a été étendu par voie d'analogie au droit d'exercice continu et pacifique de l'autorité étatique sur un territoire déterminé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho internacional público
DEF

Modo de adquirir el dominio de una cosa por haber pasado el tiempo que las leyes señalan para que pueda reclamarlo su anterior y legítimo dueño.

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