Book Eight – Prescription

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Book Eight – Prescription is the section of the Civil Code of Québec that sets out the rules governing extinctive and acquisitive prescription, including time limits for legal actions and the conditions under which rights are gained or lost by the passage of time.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legal text
section of the Civil Code of Québec
appliesIn courts of Quebec
appliesTo civil rights
obligations
personal rights
real rights
basedOn civil law doctrine of prescription
containedIn Quebec Civil Code
surface form: Civil Code of Québec, Book Eight
country Canada
governs prescription periods in Quebec civil law
requirements for acquisitive possession
requirements for invoking extinctive prescription
hasLegalEffect allows acquisition of rights after continuous possession
bars certain legal actions after expiry of time limits
extinguishes certain rights after expiry of time limits
jurisdiction Quebec, Canada
surface form: Quebec
language English
French
legalConcept acquisition of ownership by lapse of time
calculation of prescription periods
extinction of actions
interruption of prescription
limitation periods
renunciation of prescription
suspension of prescription
legalSystem civil law
partOf Quebec Civil Code
surface form: Civil Code of Québec
regulates conditions for acquisition of rights by passage of time
conditions for loss of rights by passage of time
time limits for legal actions
sourceOf rules on acquisition of property by prescription in Quebec
rules on limitation of civil actions in Quebec
subjectMatter acquisitive prescription
extinctive prescription
prescription in civil law

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Quebec Civil Code hasPart Book Eight – Prescription