DOI: 10.67203/abulj.2006.g3qdwcps ISSN: 3043-6958
AN APPRAISAL OF THE PRINCIPLES OF HAUZI (PRESCRIPTION/ ADVERSE POSSESSION) UNDER ISLAMIC LAW
Sani IdrisOwnership or title to land may generally be acquired through several means such as purchase, inheritance, gift, grant, settlement, cultivation of a barren land etc. It is well settled and trite that in the case of a dispute over land the act of ownership or claim of title may be proved in one of five ways. This position has long been settled by the Supreme Court in the case of Idundun vs. Okumagba. The said decision has been followed and reiterated by the same Court in the case of: