Adverse Possession
Is born from the statute of limitations applicable to ejectment which limits the time period in which the true owner may sue to recover the possession of the real property.
A. Statute of limitations: a particular cause of action must occur within a certain amount of time since the reason for the cause of action has occurred.
B. SOL does not run until possession by adverse possessor has fulfilled all five requirements.
1. Jarvis v Gillespie: the plaintiff purchased the land from the true owner and yet he lost the case because the statutory period had run and now the adverse possessor owns the land.
a. The true owner’s rights had been extinguished entirely.
From: The Law Dictionary Featuring Black's Law Dictionary Free Online Legal Dictionary 2nd Ed.