Definitions for usucapion

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usucapion u·su·ca·pi·on

Spelling: [yoo-zuh-key-pee-on, -suh-]

IPA: /ˌyu zəˈkeɪ piˌɒn, -sə-/

Usucapion is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 341 anagrams from letters in usucapion (acinopsuu).

Definitions for usucapion

noun

1. the acquisition of property through long, undisturbed possession.

Origin of usucapion

1600-10; Latin ūsūcapiōn-, stem of ūsūcapiō, equivalent to ūsū, ablative singular of ūsus (see use (noun)) + capiō a taking (cap(ere) to take + -iō (stem -iōn-)

Examples for usucapion

usucapion did not lose its advantages till the reforms of Justinian.