Acquisition by prescription
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The doctrine of lost modern grant was developed by the courts in the 17th and 18th centuries so that easements could be acquired without having to satisfy the by then virtually impossible requirement of common law prescription, namely enjoyment since 1189. The doctrine relies on a fiction: if at least...
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