2. Verb. (archaic) (third-person singular of poss) ¹
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Definition of Posses
1. posse [n] - See also: posse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Posses
Literary usage of Posses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Abridgment and Digest of American Law: With Occasional Notes and by Nathan Dane (1824)
"It has been already stated, that if two are in posses- 2 Saik. 423.- sion of a
tenement claiming by several titles, the law considers 2 Bl- Co! ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"... father's handwriting, has permitted me to make the following extract: — • June
25, 1827. This head has now been in my posses sion nearly fifteen years. ..."
3. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"ROBERT W. ROGERS. ., Í с" entered the land they found in posses- and Char- . , .
, f ¡ч Ш. Christian Inscriptions: By Christian inscriptions in this article ..."
4. A Sketch of the Laws Relating to Slavery in the Several States of the United by George McDowell Stroud (1856)
"... be chattels personal^ in the hands of their owners and posses- * An apt
illustration of this doctrine ia presented in an act of Maryland, of 1798, Chap. ..."
5. Archives of Maryland by Maryland Historical Society (1887)
"And doe avouch the sale & posses" of the sd heifer & her encrease, agst all
claimes in Law. ... posses ..."
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