adverse possession
Occupation of property by one not the true owner, openly, notoriously, and continuously. See statute of limitations; squatters right; proscription.
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advertisement curtain
On the stage of a theater, a curtain which bears advertisements; usually behind the asbestos curtain, but sometimes (rarely) the
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adsorbed water
1.Water which is held on the surfaces of a material by electrochemical forces; its physical properties are substantially different from
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adsorption
The action of a material in extracting a substance from the atmosphere (or a mixture of gases and liquids) and
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adulterine
In the Middle Ages in Britain, said of a castle that was crenelated without a license to erect battlements. Such
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advance slope grouting
Grouting by a technique in which the front of the mass of grout is forced to move horizontally through preplaced
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advance slope method
A method of concrete placement in which the face of the fresh concrete moves forward as the concrete is placed;