A means of acquiring title to another's real property without compensation by occupying the property in a manner that has under common law the requirements of being actual, open and notorious, exclusive, hostile, under cover of claim or right, and continuous for a certain number of years.
An edict or law.
The determination of a cause in a court of admiralty or court of probate.
A predetermination made by God; an act of providence.
The judicial decision in a litigated cause rendered by a court of equity.
To command by a decree.