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possessory

/puh-zes-uh-ree/US // pəˈzɛs ə ri //UK // (pəˈzɛsərɪ) //

占有率,占有,占有性,管有

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to a possessor or to possession: registration of possessory claims.
    • : arising from possession: a possessory interest.
    • : having possession: possessory landholdings.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as injealous

Examples

  • They contain stipulations for extinguishing the possessory rights of the Indians to large and valuable tracts of lands.

  • Possessory registration, however, was to be granted to any one who could show a prima facie title—a quick and cheap process.

  • The position held at first by sufferance may ripen into a possessory title, provided he sticks to his claim.

  • Practically, the right to such property was possessory, and when abandoned it reverted to the gens.

  • Massachusetts, New York, and Connecticut claimed largely, but without possessory right.