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2022 Georgia Code
Title 44 - Property
Chapter 5 - Acquisition and Loss of Property
Article 7 - Prescription
§ 44-5-160. Nature of Title by Prescription
Universal Citation: GA Code § 44-5-160 (2022)
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.
History. 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.
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For article, “Some Aspects of the Law of Easements,” see 9 Ga. St. B.J. 287 (1973).
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