> But remember that the title to stolen property doesn't get cleared by the
> passage of time. The anglo-style judicial system does not recognize my
> rights to stolen property - regardless of what I paid for me, and
> regaredless of whether I knew it was stolen or not.
>
> Statute-of-limitations ideas are what prevents you from being tried
> for the murders committed by ancestors, but they don't apply to grant
> title to stolen property.

FYI -

Actually, there is a doctrine of adverse possession, where title is
recognized if then moving party (usually the prospective title-holder) can
prove possession that is open, notorious, exclusive, hostile, continuous
for a statutory period, and based upon a color of title. (The last item may
be a difficult hurdle, but, in American courts, it is not impossible.)

Also, of course, the title derived from right of conquest has been
recognized since prior to American history.

DDeBar