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Synonyms for possessory
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : puh-zes-uh-ree |
| Phonetic Transcription : pəˈzɛs ə ri |
Top 10 synonyms for possessory
Définition of possessory
- As in jealous : adj desirous; wary
- 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
Antonyms for possessory
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