In certain instances, an individual can gain possession of your property if they meet specific requirements. The legal term for this is "adverse possession." As squatting incidents run rampant through ...

Picture this: You find out that a portion of your yard that you’ve been using for years is actually owned by your neighbor. You thought you knew where the property line was, but your neighbor had a ...

In part, the way the West was won was by the employment of the device of adverse possession. Adverse possession is a method of acquiring legal title to real property simply by possessing it for some ...

A neighborly squabble over a goat pen illustrates how the legal doctrine of adverse possession operates in the United States. Who owns a piece of land is not a simple answer when it comes to adverse ...

Adverse possession is a legal doctrine under which a person (the "adverse possessor") trespassing on real property owned by someone else may acquire valid title to it so long as certain common law—and ...

Editor’s note: This is the second part of a three-part series. In the first part of this series, we set up discussion of the “twins of different mothers” — condemnation and adverse possession — within ...

A recent decision by the Court of Appeal to deny a widow her land and give it to the original owner by way of adverse possession continues to cause anxiety among land owners. But on the flipside, the ...

In the second half of this year the Massachusetts Appeals Court decided three cases in which a party claimed adverse possession or prescriptive rights in real estate. In each case the focus was on one ...

A neighborly squabble over a goat pen illustrates how the legal doctrine of adverse possession operates in the United States. If you own something, whether it's your car or some shares of Apple stock, ...

If you own something, whether it's your car or some shares of Apple stock, it's easy to think it's yours no matter what. Keith Romer from our Planet Money podcast tells us when it comes to owning land ...