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Definition of Repossess
1. Verb. Claim back.
2. Verb. Regain possession of something.
Definition of Repossess
1. v. t. To possess again; as, to repossess the land.
Definition of Repossess
1. Verb. (legal) To reclaim ownership of property for which payment remains due. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Repossess
1. possess [v -ED, -ING, -ES] - See also: possess
Lexicographical Neighbors of Repossess
Literary usage of Repossess
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rights, Remedies, and Practice, at Law, in Equity, and Under the Codes: A by John Davison Lawson (1890)
"Entry on Lands to Repossess Them. — Where another is in wrongful possession of
them, the owner of lands has a right to re-enter and eject ..."
2. Practical Conveyancing: A Selection of Forms of General Utility, with Notes by Benjamin Lynde Oliver (1853)
"... wholly to re-enter, and the same to repossess, and enjoy, as in his and their
first and former estate, and the said CD his executors, administrators, ..."
3. History of the Wars of the French Revolution ...: Comprehending the Civil by Edward Baines (1855)
"... the enemy made the most vigorous efforts to repossess themselves of the village
of Gamarra Major, but they were gallantly repulsed by the troops of the ..."
4. Famous American Statesmen & Orators, Past and Present: With Biographical by Alexander Kelly McClure, Byron Andrews (1902)
"... that in this great attempt of man to repossess himself of the rights which
God gave him, though the strife be waged under a distant belt of longitude, ..."
5. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"... paying certain rents, and the method of procedure to be followed by the landlord
to repossess himself of the estate on the termination of the lease, ..."
6. The National: A Library for the People by W.J. Linton (1839)
"... most undoubtedly, will each of you seek most anxiously to repossess that which
you esteem the best of its kind—thou to be husband to the most perfect of ..."
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