In some countries there is a thing called 'adverse possession' however just occupying the land is not enough to claim it. Land must be formerly titled land, which is properly fenced and occupied as well as some other requirements.
2007-01-08 20:28:09
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answered by StatIdiot 5
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In possession of land, huh? Silly whitey, the land belongs to our descendants.
But legally speaking, I don't think there's anything magical about 20 years. If you own some land, you can build on it, dig it up (although, if you don't have mineral rights, finding gold or silver kind of sucks), let someone else build on it (and basically hold their building hostage), sell it to someone else, build a property yourself and rent it to someone else, donate it to a government and let it be made into a public park or garden, grow things on it yourself... it's good to have land. But it'll never speak your name as its one and only, for you are but a speck of dust that stood up one day and will one day lay down.
2007-01-09 04:22:54
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answered by wood_vulture 4
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You tell me but I believe Bush changed that in the patriot act where they can take whatever they want -whenever
2007-01-09 04:21:54
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answered by sally sue 6
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