Definitions For Usucapion

Noun

USUCAPION (plural - or s) The acquisition of right or title to an object by means of the passage of time. The common law analog is adverse possession.

Alternative forms

usucaption

Synonyms

acquisitive prescription

Translations

Afrikaans: verjaring Czech: vydržení Dutch: verkrijgende verjaring, f French: prescription acquisitive, f, usucapion, f German: Ersitzung, f Greek: χρησικτησία, f Italian: usucapione, f Polish: zasiedzenie, f Portuguese: usucapião, f Spanish: usucapión, f

Etymology

From Latin usucapio}}, {{m, la, usucapionis ("to acquire by prescription").

Anagrams

punacious

Is Usucapion a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

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Scrabble
13
Words with Friends
18

The word Usucapion is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends

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