The law continues regarding adveres possession: "There are four general rules by which it may be ascertained that possession is not adverse; these will be separately considered.

7.-4. When the occupier has acknowledged the claimant's titles; as, if a lease be granted for a term, and, after paying the rent for the land during such term, the tenant hold for twenty years without paying rent, his possession will not be adverse. See Bos. & P. 542; 8 B. & Cr. 717; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 2193-94, 2351.

There had been a time the unwanted occupants had been even offered to stay lawfully under a ratified lease, which got ignored to solid evidence on file..