usucaption

usucaption

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Proto-Italic *oissos
Latin ūsus
Proto-Indo-European *kap-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti
Proto-Italic *kapjō
Old Latin kapiō
Latin capiō
Latin ūsūcapiōbor.
English usucaption

    Borrowed from Latin ūsūcapiō.

    Noun

    usucaption (plural usucaptions)

    1. The acquisition of right or title to an object or property by means of the simple passage of time.

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