POSSESSION IS NINETENTHS OF THE LAW.
Possession is nine-tenths of the law.: translation
Possession is nine-tenths of the law.
Prov. If you actually possess something, you have a stronger legal claim to owning it than someone who merely says it belongs to him or her. •
Dana may say he owns this house, but we actually live in it, and possession is nine-tenths of the law.
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POSSUM →← POSSESSED OF SOMETHING