continuous possession

continuous possession
An element of adverse possession, being such continuity of possession as will furnish a cause of action for everyday during the whole period required to perfect title by adverse possession, 3 Am J2d Adv P § 54; that possession of a claimant from which, his acts and conduct, it is apparent to men of ordinary prudence that he is asserting and exercising ownership over the property, taking into consideration the nature, character and location of the property and the uses for which it is fitted or to which it has been put. 3 Am J2d Adv P § 54.

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