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A play, originating in the Alliance of American Football and since adopted by other minor professional leagues, in which the scoring team opts to attempt to gain a set amount of yardage (10 to 15 yards in most leagues) on one play from scrimmage; if successful, the team retains possession, but if unsuccessful, the opposing team regains ...
Frequently nowadays in British energy law and real property law, a wayleave is a type of easement, appurtenant to land or in gross, used by a utility that allows a linesman to enter the premises, "to install and retain their cabling or piping across private land in return for annual payments to the landowner".
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.
An announced crowd of 10,252 clustered at midfield clapped politely. But a few minutes after kickoff of this season-opening game, after the home team had fumbled the ball on its opening possession, all the energy had left the building. The Panthers, now in their sixth season, haven’t given fans much reason to celebrate.
Uncontested possession: a possession achieved without having to engage in a contest. Underground handball: a handball that is deliberately handballed to the ground and bounced to a teammate, usually to pass under an opposition player. Similar to a 'bounce pass' in basketball, but much harder to execute due to the shape of the ball, and the fact ...
possession Undisputed control of the ball. The team with the ball has 30 seconds to take a shot until possession is given to the opposing team. power play See man up. power shot An outside water shot in which a player propels their body out of the water and uses their momentum to shoot the ball into the net. press
A player doing a keepie-uppie Association football (more commonly known as football or soccer) was first codified in 1863 in England, although games that involved the kicking of a ball were evident considerably earlier. A large number of football-related terms have since emerged to describe various aspects of the sport and its culture. The evolution of the sport has been mirrored by changes in ...
It has been argued that in some situations, possession is ten-tenths of the law. [6] While the concept is older, the phrase "Possession is nine-tenths of the law" is often claimed to date from the 16th century. [7] In some countries, possession is not nine-tenths of the law, but rather the onus is on the possessor to substantiate his ownership. [8]