Category:Usucaption

U`su*cap"tion, n. Etym: [l. usucapere, usucaptum, to acquire by long Use; usu (ablative of usus use) + capere to take: cf. usucapio Usucaption.] (roman law)

Defn: the acquisition of the title or right to property by the Uninterrupted possession of it for a certain term prescribed by law; -- the same as prescription in common law.