


If the true owner consents or gives license to the adverse possessor's use of the property, possession is not hostile and it is not really adverse possession.In this context, "hostile" does not mean "unfriendly." Rather, it means that the possession infringes on the rights of the true owner.However, the continuity may be maintained between successive adverse possessors if there is privity between them.A single adverse possessor must maintain continuous possession of the property.Typically, for an adverse possessor to obtain title, their possession of the property must be Continuous

The common law requirements have evolved over time and they vary between jurisdictions. Adverse possession is a doctrine under which a person in possession of land owned by someone else may acquire valid title to it, so long as certain requirements are met, and the adverse possessor is in possession for a sufficient period of time, as defined by a statute of limitations.
