English Explanatory Dictionary

possession is nine-tenths of the law

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. One who has possession of a thing has some right to it; a popular statement of the doctrine of adverse possession.

Word forms

possession is nine-tenths of the law possession is nine points of the law

Etymology

From possession is nine points of the law.

Related words

finders keepers use it or lose it
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