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tion to be owner has held undisturbed and open possession of a thing belonging to another acquires the ownership of it.

A person who during ten years with the intention to be owner has held undisturbed and open possession of an immovable belonging to another acquires the ownership of it, if he acted at the beginning of his possession in good faith and without fault.

163.

A person who has exercised any sort of property right other than ownership undisturbedly and openly with the intention to have it for himself, acquires such right after twenty or ten years according to the distinction mentioned in the preceding article.

164.

The prescription mentioned in Art. 162 is interrupted, if the possessor voluntarily abandons his possession, or if he is turned out of possession by another.

165.

The provisions of the preceding article apply correspondingly to the case mentioned in Art. 163.

Section III.
Extinctive Prescription.

166.

Extinctive prescription begins to run from the time when the right can first be exercised.

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