Interruption
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
The effect of some act or circumstance which stops the course of a prescription or act of limitations.
3 Bligh (N. S.) 444; 4 Mees. & W. 497.
Civil interruption is that which takes place by some judicial act. Natural interruption is an interruption in fact.
4 Mason (U. S.) 404; 2 Younge & J. 285.
See "Easement"; "Limitations"; "Prescription." In Scotch Law. The true proprietor's claiming his right during the course of prescription. Bell, Diet.