Property Ownership
A property owner who allows someone to use their land without objection for years may lose the right to stop that use through:
AAdverse possession
BPrescriptive easement✓ Correct
CLaches (delay in asserting rights)
DAbandonment
Explanation
A prescriptive easement arises when someone uses another's land openly, continuously, notoriously, and without permission for the statutory period. The owner's failure to object during this period establishes the prescriptive easement.
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