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Definition: USUCAPTION |
USUCAPTIONNoun1. 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. |
Etymology: Usucaption \U`su*cap"tion\, noun. [Latin expression usucapere, usucaptum, to acquire by long use; usu (ablative of usus use) capere to take: compare to usucapio usucaption.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Possession | Exclusive possession, impropriation, monopoly, retention; prepossession, preoccupancy; nine points of the law; corner, usucaption. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "USUCAPTION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | opnaa ved haevd (to acquire by prescription, to acquire by usucaption), faa haevd paa (to acquire by prescription, to acquire by usucaption). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | door verjaring verkrijgen (to acquire by prescription, to acquire by usucaption). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | saada nautinnan nojalla (to acquire by prescription, to acquire by usucaption). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | acquérir par usucapion (to acquire by usucaption). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | ersitzen (to acquire by prescription, to acquire by usucaption). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | acquistare per usucapione (to acquire by prescription, to acquire by usucaption), acquisire per usucapione (to acquire by prescription, to acquire by usucaption). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ucaptionusay adquirir por usucapião (to acquire by prescription, to acquire by usucaption). (various references) usucapir (to acquire by prescription, to acquire by usucaption), adquirir por usucapión (to acquire by prescription, to acquire by usucaption). (various references) förvärva genom hävd (to acquire by prescription, to acquire by usucaption). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "USUCAPTION" (pronounced 'U`su*cap"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-n-o-p-s-t-u-u" | |
-2 letters: auctions, autopsic, captions, captious, cautions, cautious, opuntias, pactions, utopians. | |
-3 letters: acinous, actions, atonics, auction, caption, cations, catnips, caution, conatus, opuntia, outspan, paction, psoatic, spinout, suction, toucans, upcoast, utopian, utopias. | |
-4 letters: acinus, actins, action, antics, atonic, atopic, cantos, cantus, capons, casino, cation, catnip, catsup, coapts, coatis, coitus, cotans, counts, cousin, cutins, cutups, inputs, nastic. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-n-o-p-s-t-u-u" | |
+2 letters: punctuations, transpicuous. | |
+4 letters: repunctuations. | |
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