possession is nine-tenths of the law
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From possession is nine points of the law.
Proverb[edit]
possession is nine-tenths of the law
- One who has possession of a thing has some right to it; a popular statement of the doctrine of adverse possession.
Translations[edit]
proverb
See also[edit]
- use it or lose it
- Adverse possession on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- finders keepers