possession is nine-tenths of the law
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[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
