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Adverse possession exists in my part of the world too (Victoria, AU) but I think the required period here is 15 years. It's more to prevent neighbours trying to make you pay market value for a tiny strip of land because they suddenly realise your fence was installed 5 inches too far onto their property 26 years ago.
You'd have to be a bit of a c**t to pull off adverse possession of an entire property or house, because you're really claiming something that was never rightfully yours...
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