Georgia § 44-5-160 - Nature of title by prescription.

Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 44-5-160 — Nature of title by prescription., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 44-5-160. Nature of title by prescription.

Title by prescription is the right to property which a possessor acquires by reason of the continuance of his possession for a period of time fixed by law. (Orig. Code 1863, § 2637; Code 1868, § 2636; Code 1873, § 2678; Code 1882, § 2678; Civil Code 1895, § 3583; Civil Code 1910, § 4163; Code 1933, § 85-401.) Law reviews. - For article, "Some Aspects of the Law of Easements," see 9 Ga. St. B.J. 287 (1973).

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