Adverse Possession
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
ttéle to lands, is the enjoyment of land, or such estate as lies in grant, under such circumstances as indicate that assertion of right on the part of the possessor. 3 East, R. 394; Ll Pick. Rep. 466; 1 Dall. R. 67; 2 Serg. & Rawle, 527; when the possession has been adverse for twenty years, of which the jury are to judge from the circumstances, the law raises the presumption of a grant.
Ang. on Wat. Courses, 80, et seq.