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  2. Japanese possessives - Wikipedia

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    The verb ‘to come to possess/own’, shoyuusuru, is formed in this manner. Shoyuusuru is considered a formal term, used in reference to possessions with legal certification such as cars, in comparison to the native Japanese counterpart motsu (持つ), generally meaning ‘to come to have/own/possess’.

  3. Detinue - Wikipedia

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    The latter would be shortened into simple trover. Littleton remarked that the count or plea of "per interventionem (sur trover) was a newfound halliday." [26] The action probably represents the development of a simpler form of pleading in which it was unnecessary to allege by what means the chattel had come into the defendant's hands.

  4. You can't have your cake and eat it - Wikipedia

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    The proverb's meaning is similar to the phrases "you can't have it both ways" and "you can't have the best of both worlds." For those unfamiliar with it, the proverb may sound confusing due to the ambiguity of the word 'have', which can mean 'keep' or 'to have in one's possession', but which can also be used as a synonym for 'eat' (e.g. 'to ...

  5. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language , the words begin , start , commence , and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are synonymous .

  6. Possession is nine-tenths of the law - Wikipedia

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    Possession is nine-tenths of the law" is an expression meaning that ownership is easier to maintain if one has possession of something, or difficult to enforce if one does not. The expression is also stated as "possession is ten points of the law", which is credited as derived from the Scottish expression "possession is eleven points in the law ...

  7. Possession (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    The latter, however, is a semantic notion that largely depends on how a culture structures the world, while obligatory possession is a property of morphemes. [4] In general, nouns with the property of requiring obligatory possession are notionally inalienably possessed, but the fit is rarely, if ever, perfect.

  8. Negotiable instrument - Wikipedia

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    (a) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), "negotiable instrument" means an unconditional promise or order to pay a fixed amount of money, with or without interest or other charges described in the promise or order, if it: (1) is payable to bearer or to order at the time it is issued or first comes into possession of a holder; (2) is ...

  9. Mortgages in English law - Wikipedia

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    Accordingly, upon the grant of a mortgage, the mortgagee would come into possession of the land - if the income arising from the land paid down the mortgage debt it was referred to as a live pledge (or vivum vaidum) but if the mortgagee simply took those proceeds and the debt was unchanged it was called a dead pledge (originally a mortuum ...