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title by prescription<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong>
\n(17c)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A title acquired by prescription.<\/strong> [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A title which may be acquired by use and time.<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The elements of such a title are open, visible, and continuous use under a claim of right, adverse to and with the knowledge of the owner. \u00a0While a title by prescription does not rest upon statutes of limitations, the courts incline to consider a prescriptive period as analogous to the time fixed by the law of the state as to\u00a0<\/span>limitations<\/span>\u00a0for commencing actions for the recovery of real\u00a0<\/span>property<\/span>. \u00a0<\/span><\/strong>See <\/span><\/span>F.C. Ayres Mercantile Co. v Union P. R. Co<\/em>. (CA8 Colo) 16 F2d 395, 399<\/span>.<\/strong>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0See adverse possession<\/em>; prescription<\/em>; presumed grant<\/em>. [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. See prescription<\/em>. \u00a0Also see adverse possession<\/em>. [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

adverse title<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\n(18c)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A title acquired by adverse possession<\/a><\/span>.<\/strong> [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

title by adverse possession<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> See adverse possession<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em>. [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> See adverse possession<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em>. [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

presumed grant<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. A theoretical basis of the acquisition of title by adverse possession<\/a><\/span> or of a prescriptive right by adverse possession<\/a><\/span> or adverse user. 3 Am J2d Advv P\u00a0\u00a7 3; 25 Am J2d Ease\u00a0\u00a7 39<\/span>.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black’s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Deluxe<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Tenth<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> by Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Dictionary\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>with<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Pronunciations<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Third Edition<\/a>\u00a0by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Legal<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Assistant<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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