Black's Law Dictionary (2nd edition)dictionaries

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A mode of acqulring title to incorporeal hereditaments grounded on the fact of immemorial or long-continued enjoyment. See Lucas v. Turnpike Co., 36 W. Va. 427, 15 S. E. 182; Gayetty v. Bethune, 14 Mass. 52, 7 Am. Dec. 188; Louisville & N. R. Co. v. Hays, 11 Lea (Tenn.) 388, 47 Am. Rep. 291; Clarke v. Clarke, 133 CaL 667, 66 Pac. 10; Alhambra Addition water Co. v. Richardson, 72 Cal. 598, 14 Pac. 379; Stevens v. Dennett, 51 N. H. 329

Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)