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BAD FAITH POSSESSION [1 record]

Record 1 2014-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private Law
  • Property Law (civil law)
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

One remarkable feature of adverse possession in most civil law systems is the distinction made between good and bad faith possession. Generally, prescription periods are longer for the bad faith possessor (mala fide possessor) than for the bona fide possessor.

CONT

An illegal possessor is a person who stole a thing or appropriated a find. In civil law illegal possession is in turn subdivided into possession bona fide and possession mala fide.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit privé
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (droit civil)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
DEF

Possession de celui qui sait, au début de sa possession, qu'il n'est pas titulaire du droit réel qu'il exerce ou qui se voit dénoncer par une procédure civile une absence de titre ou un vice de sa possession.

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