List of earls. This is a list of present and extant earls in the Peerages of the England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Note that it does not include extant earldoms which have become merged (either through marriage or elevation) with marquessates or dukedoms and are today only seen as subsidiary titles.
The right to possession which may reside in one man, while another has the actual possession, being the right to enter and turn out such actual occupant; e. p., the right of a disseisee. An apparent right of possession is one which may be defeated by a better; an actual right of possession, one which wlll stand the test against all opponents. 2 Bl. Comm. 196.
Adverse possession is a legal doctrine that allows a person to claim a property right in land owned by another. Common examples of adverse possession include continuous use of a private road or driveway, or agricultural development of an unused parcel of land.