2. Noun. That which is not a possession; something not owned. ¹
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Definition of Nonpossession
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonpossession
Literary usage of Nonpossession
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on the Law of Evidence in Civil Cases by Burr W. Jones, Louis Horwitz (1913)
"Same—nonpossession or Loss of Property Keal or Personal. 5 58d. Same—Debts. § 58e.
Same—Other Conditions of Property or Things. 8 58f. Same—As to Domicile, ..."
2. L. R. A. as Authorities: Including the Citations of Each Case as a Precedent ...by Lawyers' reports annotated, United States Supreme Court by Lawyers' reports annotated, United States Supreme Court (1914)
"Austin, 59 LRA 294, which holds nonpossession of evidences of ... Cited in note (23
LRA (XS) 422) on effect of agent's nonpossession of security upon ..."
3. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1843)
"Of the nonpossession of the matter of subsistence in such quantity as is necessary
to the support of life, death is the consequence: and such natural death ..."
4. California and the Oriental: Japanese, Chinese and Hindus by California State Board of Control (1922)
"(3) A tabulation of the circumstances relating to nonpossession of passports by
these Japanese laborers as reported by United States immigration authorities ..."
5. Reports of the Immigration Commission by William Paul Dillingham (1911)
"... they properly did not even take the trouble to ascertain, yet the board assumes
that his nonpossession of appreciable cash on arrival makes him likely ..."
6. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United by George Edward Cokayne (1889)
"By charter, (b) There is a curious proviso that, in the event of the nonpossession
of the family estate of ..."
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