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Adverse means to be against or opposed to one�s own interests. Adverse is used in several legal contexts. For example:

• An�adverse party�is the party with contrary interests to one�s own.
• In�property law,�adverse possession�refers to the enjoyment of land to which another person has�title�with the intention of possessing it. One of the elements of adverse possession is hostile occupation.
  • This means that the landowner has not given the occupier permission to use the property.
• The doctrine of adverse domination allows the�statute of limitations�on a claim for breach of�fiduciary duty�against directors and officers of a corporation to be tolled until the corporation is no longer controlled by the alleged wrongdoers.
  • In�Clark v. Milam, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia explained this rule stating that �[t]olling is considered appropriate because where the culpable directors and officers control a corporation, they are unlikely to initiate actions or investigations for fear that such actions will reveal their own wrongdoing.�