— Also termed usus (yoo-zoos); usucaption (yoo-z[schwa]-kap-sh[ schwa]n); usucapion (yoo-z[schwa]-kay-pee-on or -[schwa]n). [Cases: Adverse Possession
1. C.J.S. Adverse Possession §§ 2–5.] — usucapt, vb.
“There is no principle in all law which the moderns, in spite of its beneficial character, have been so loath to adopt and to carry to its legitimate consequences as that which was known to the Romans as Usucapion, and which has descended to modern jurisprudence under the name of Prescription.” Henry S. Maine, Ancient Law 236 (17th ed. 1901).