Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code

§ 16.021 — DEFINITIONS

CP § 16.021Title 2. TRIAL, JUDGMENT, AND APPEAL · Part B. TRIAL MATTERS · Ch. 16. LIMITATIONS · Art. B. LIMITATIONS OF REAL PROPERTY ACTIONS

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In this subchapter:

(1)"Adverse possession" means an actual and visible appropriation of real property, commenced and continued under a claim of right that is inconsistent with and is hostile to the claim of another person.

(2)"Color of title" means a consecutive chain of transfers to the person in possession that:

(A)is not regular because of a muniment that is not properly recorded or is only in writing or because of a similar defect that does not want of intrinsic fairness or honesty; or

(B)is based on a certificate of headright, land warrant, or land scrip.

(3)"Peaceable possession" means possession of real property that is continuous and is not interrupted by an adverse suit to recover the property.

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Legislative history

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.