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usucapion

Or acquisitive prescription, rule in the Civil Code. Usucapion is a method of acquisition of property (often immovable) following prolonged peaceable and public possession. For example, if a person uses and maintains a parcel of land for a certain number of years without the owner making a claim, he can acquire it pursuant to this principle.

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