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Possession
Possession, correctly understood, means effective physical control or occupation. The word 'possession' is sometimes used inaccurately as synonymous with
Waging war
conviction on such charge, it is not enough to show that the persons charged have continued to obtain possession of an armoury and have, when called upon to surrender it, used the rifles and ammuni-tion so obtained
Uses
or purpose, express or implied, upon which property is to be held. The Common Law treated the actual possessor for all purposes as the owner of the property. It was not difficult to find him out, since
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Trespasser
the owner of the premises. A trespasser is also one who lawfully enters into but unlawfully remains in possession of the property without the consent or acquiescence of the owner. If one goes into posse-ssion of the
Nation
promoting their mutual safety and advantage by the joint affairs of their combined strength. As ordinarily used presu posses or implies independence of any other sovereign power more or less absolute, an organised government, recognised officials, a
Separate estate
Separate estate. The Common Law did not allow a married woman to posses any property independently of her husband, but when property was settled to her separate use and benefit, equity
Recovery of land
from the wrongful to the rightful owner. Under the County Courts Orders, see Order V., actions to recover possession of land under ss. 138 and 139 of the County Courts Act, 1888, were to be so called
Privilege
to commoners for a 'convenient' time after prorogation and dissolution. Peers are exempt from attending courts-leet or the posse comitatus; when arraigned for any criminal offence it must be before their peers, who return a verdict, not
Power of the County
Power of the County. See POSSE COMITATUS.
Abeyance, or Abbayance
the common lawyers say that things in a similar condition are in abeyance, as the logicians term it in posse or in understanding. Thus in the case of a parson, who has an estate for life only, the
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