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  • 61adverse possession — Law. the open and exclusive occupation and use of someone else s real property without permission of the owner continuously for a period of years prescribed by law, thereafter giving title to the occupier user. * * * In Anglo American property… …

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  • 62vacant possession — ➔ possession * * * vacant possession UK US noun [U] UK ► PROPERTY a situation in which someone buying a house or land can start to use it immediately because it is not being lived in or used at the time of the sale: »The flat is offered for sale… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 63effective possession — Otherwise known as virtual possession, being an actual occupancy of part of a tract under color of title, sufficient where continued for the statutory period to support a claim of title to the whole tract as acquired by adverse possession.… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 64in someone's possession — in someone’s possession formal have something in your possession phrase if something is in someone’s possession, they have it I did not have a copy of the document in my possession. Unfortunately, we no longer have those records in our possession …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 65Debtor In Possession - DIP — An individual or corporation that has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and remains in control of property that a creditor has a lien against, or retains the power to operate a business. A debtor who files a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case… …

    Investment dictionary

  • 66get possession of sth — get/take possession of sth ► to start to use and control goods, a building, or a piece of land, whether you own them or not: »Was the bank entitled to take possession of his property and exercise its power of sale without an order of the court?… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 67get/take possession of sth — ► to start to use and control goods, a building, or a piece of land, whether you own them or not: »Was the bank entitled to take possession of his property and exercise its power of sale without an order of the court? »The court appointed a… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 68take possession of sth — get/take possession of sth ► to start to use and control goods, a building, or a piece of land, whether you own them or not: »Was the bank entitled to take possession of his property and exercise its power of sale without an order of the court?… …

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  • 69Nancy Possession — (1620)    Case of demonic POSSESSION of a young woman in Lorraine, France. Elizabeth de Ranfaing, the DEMONIAC, was exorcized in Nancy. The DEMON possessing her demonstrated a remarkable command of several foreign languages.    De Ranfaing was a… …

    Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology

  • 70have something in your possession — in someone s possession or have something in your possession formal if something is in someone s possession, they have it I did not have a copy of the document in my possession. Unfortunately, we no longer have those records in our possession …

    English dictionary