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Definition of Possessory
1. a. Of or pertaining to possession, either as a fact or a right; of the nature of possession; as, a possessory interest; a possessory lord.
Definition of Possessory
1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, having or arising from possession ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Possessory
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Possessory
Literary usage of Possessory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I. by Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland (1898)
"Are the Now were these actions possessory or were they not ? The [p- 71] entry
pos- lawyers of the thirteenth century hardly knew their own 1017' minds ..."
2. The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I by Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland (1899)
"Are the Now were these actions possessory or were they not ? The [p- 71] entry
pos- lawyers of the thirteenth century hardly knew their own mjn(js about ..."
3. An Institute of the Law of Scotland: In Four Books : in the Order of Sir by John Erskine, George Mackenzie, James Ivory (1828)
"A possessory judgment founded on seven years' possession, in consequence either
... This hardship is removed by the privilege of a possessory judgment : For ..."
4. A Treatise on the Law of Landlord and Tenant, as Administered in Ireland by John Smith Furlong (1845)
"possessory Bill and Affidavit to 27. Defence to the Suit. verify. 28. ... A'o
Revivor permitted in possessory Causes. 31. possessory Bill should only be 32. ..."
5. Elements of Mental Philosophy: Abridged and Designed as a Text-book for by Thomas Cogswell Upham (1852)
"Disordered and alienated action of the possessory principle. There are instances,
occurring with a considerable degree of frequency, of a disordered or ..."
6. Elements of Mental Philosophy by Thomas Cogswell Upham (1845)
"Disordered and alienated action of the possessory principle. There are instances,
occurring with a considerable degree of frequency, of a disordered or ..."
7. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1911)
"Code 1910, § 5731, the owner of personal property which has been stolen from his
possession may by possessory warrant recover it from one to whom the thief ..."
8. Water Rights in the Western States: The Law of Prior Appropriation of Water by Samuel Charles Wiel (1911)
"Spread of the possessory System. ' ?-3. possessory System not confined to ...
Precarious status of possessory rights on the approach of the Civil War. § S7. ..."
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