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Grammar : Adj
Spell : puh-zes-uh-ree
Phonetic Transcription : pəˈzɛs ə ri



Definition of possessory

  • As in jealous : adj desirous; wary
Example sentences :
  • It abhors the absence of proprietary or possessory rights as a kind of vacuum.
  • Extract from : « The Common Law » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
  • They could be possessed even by wrong, and possessory remedies were given for them.
  • Extract from : « The Common Law » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
  • Furthermore, the only right the gentes claimed in them was a possessory one.
  • Extract from : « The Prehistoric World » by E. A. Allen
  • Modern German statutes have followed in the same path so far as to give the possessory remedies to tenants and some others.
  • Extract from : « The Common Law » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
  • A way, until it becomes a right of way, is just as little susceptible of being held by a possessory title as a contract.
  • Extract from : « The Common Law » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
  • The American state denies to the church all possessory rights unless incorporated by itself.
  • Extract from : « Catholic World, Vol. XI, April 1870-September 1870 » by Various
  • He loudly pronounced the proceedings of the possessory princes to be utterly illegal, and contrary to all precedent.
  • Extract from : « The Life of John of Barneveld, 1609-15, Volume I. » by John Lothrop Motley
  • He declared that he would break up everything and dare everything, whether the possessory princes formally applied to him or not.
  • Extract from : « The Life of John of Barneveld, 1609-15, Volume I. » by John Lothrop Motley
  • The Queen-Regent as then advised meant to wash her hands of the possessory princes once and for ever.
  • Extract from : « The Life of John of Barneveld, 1609-15, Volume I. » by John Lothrop Motley
  • The French government had persistently refused to assist the States and possessory princes in the recovery of this stronghold.
  • Extract from : « The Life of John of Barneveld, 1609-15, Volume I. » by John Lothrop Motley

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