{"id":17144,"date":"2018-12-10T22:12:13","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T22:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=17144"},"modified":"2018-12-10T22:20:20","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T22:20:20","slug":"tack-tacking","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=17144","title":{"rendered":"tacking – adding one\u2019s own period of land possession to a prior possessor\u2019s in order to establish continuous adverse possession for the statutory period"},"content":{"rendered":"

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tack<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong>
\nvb<\/em>. (18c)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. To add (one\u2019s own period of land possession) to a prior possessor\u2019s period to establish continuous adverse possession<\/a><\/span> for the statutory period.<\/strong> [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

tacking<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span>
\n(18C)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The joining of consecutive periods of possession by different persons to treat the periods as one continuous period; especially, the adding of one\u2019s own period of land possession to that of a prior possessor to establish continuous adverse possession for the statutory period.<\/strong> [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A doctrine which permits an adverse possessor to add his period of possession to that of a prior adverse possessor in order to establish a continuous possession for the period prescribed by statute for the ripening of adverse possession into title. Pagan v Grady<\/em>, 101 NH 18, 131 AM 441<\/span>.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. With respect to acquiring title to real property by adverse possession, a doctrine that permits a person who is in possession of the property to add her period of possession to that of a prior adverse possessor in order to establish continuous possession for the period required by the applicable statute.<\/strong>\u00a0 [3]<\/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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