possession is nine points of the law
Dated form of possession is nine-tenths of the law.
possession
UK /pəˈzɛʃn̩/ US /pəˈzɛʃn̩/
noun 5verb 1
Definitions
noun
1
A control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights.
Once complete, guide rails will be installed inside the tunnels ready for the box jack itself - which NR intends to push into place during a nine-day engineering possession in September, following a trial push in late August. [...] A small number of weekday and weekend possessions will also be required on June 20-21, September 5-6, and between December 19-March 2021, [...]
2
Something that is owned.
The car quickly became his most prized possession.
I would gladly give all of my worldly possessions just to be able to do that.
3
An ownership; a taking, a holding, keeping something as one's own.
The car is in my possession.
I'm in possession of the car.
4
A territory under the rule of another country.
Réunion is the largest of France's overseas possessions.
5
The condition or affliction of being possessed by a demon or other supernatural entity.
Back then, people with psychiatric disorders were sometimes thought to be victims of demonic possession.
How long hath this possession held the man?
verb
1
To invest with property.
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