Special Urban Adverse Possession (*Usucapião Especial Urbana*)
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Acquisition of ownership of an urban area of up to two hundred fifty square meters, held for five years as one’s home by a person who owns no other real estate.
Legal reference: Civil Code, arts. 1240.