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Definition of Criminal possession
1. Noun. (law) possession for which criminal sanctions are provided because the property may not lawfully be possessed or may not be possessed under certain circumstances.
Specialized synonyms: Illegal Possession
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Lexicographical Neighbors of Criminal Possession
Literary usage of Criminal possession
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Letters of Elias Hicks by Elias Hicks (1834)
"... (if the criminal circumstances appertaining thereto be known to them at the
time of the transfer,) they can only have a criminal possession; ..."
2. The New York City Police Department's "Stop and Frisk" Practices: A Report ...by Eliot Spitzer by Eliot Spitzer (2000)
"... Attempted Assault 6 criminal possession of a Weapon 7 Criminal Sale of a
Controlled Substance 8 criminal possession of a Controlled Substance 9 Criminal ..."
3. State Laws and Ordinances on Firearms by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"265.01 criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree. A person is guilty
of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree when: (1 ) He ..."
4. A Treatise on the Criminal Law as Now Administered in the United States by Emlin McClain (1897)
"... and such intent must be established to make a prima fade case.1 There are two
classes of criminal possession as defined by statute, the one consisting ..."
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