On 2 Oct 2016, at 00:39, Radu-Adrian Feurdean <ripe-ncc@radu-adrian.feurdean.net> wrote:

Depending on where in the world you live, things may not be that way:
Especially, you don't juste sell the land (all of it or part, doesn't
matter) for the simple fact that you were sitting there for quite some
time.

Let me correct that, in most of the world, that’s exactly how it works. If you can prove that you occupied some space for X years, it becomes yours. There is a limited time someone can complain before the piece of land / house / whatever becomes yours (I lost a family property that way).