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This is why Adverse Possession has been a principle of law for thousands of years. Without such a concept, there can be no private ownership of land. Because
by 300bps 6y ago
This is why Adverse Possession has been a principle of law for thousands of years.
Without such a concept, there can be no private ownership of land. Because someone can always come out of the woodwork with an old document that says the land your family has owned for tens or hundreds of years is actually their land.
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- cataphract 6y agoWell, the UK has basically killed adverse possession in the Land Registration Act 2002, so we'll see how that turns out for them.
- cameronh90 6y agoArguably that reason makes less sense now, given that record keeping and accessibility is much better. It should now be relatively trivial to ensure you own any given land in the land registry. The bigger argument for it now is making land use more efficient.