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  • 51Drug possession — is the crime of having one or more illegal drugs in one s possession, either for personal use, distribution, sale or otherwise. Illegal drugs fall into different categories and sentences vary depending on the amount, type of drug, circumstances,… …

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  • 52peaceable possession — n. Continuous possession of property without any adverse claims on it. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. peaceable possession In rea …

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  • 53List of films based on actual events — This is a list of feature films that are based on actual events. Contents 1 1920s 2 1930s 3 1940s 4 1950s 5 1960s …

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  • 54chose in possession — see chose Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. chose in possession …

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  • 55adverse possession — An actual and visible appropriation of property commenced and continued under a claim of right inconsistent with arid hostile to the claim of another. An open and notorious possession and occupation of real property under an evident claim or… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 56Chose in possession — Chose Chose, n.; pl. {Choses}. [F., fr. L. causa cause, reason. See {Cause}.] (Law) A thing; personal property. [1913 Webster] {Chose in action}, a thing of which one has not possession or actual enjoyment, but only a right to it, or a right to… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 57Adverse Possession — A principle of real estate law that allows a person who possesses someone else s land for an extended period of time to claim legal title to that land. Land claimed under adverse possession does not require the claimant to pay for that land, but… …

    Investment dictionary

  • 58acts of possession — To constitute adverse possession, acts of possession must be: (1) hostile or adverse, (2) actual, (3) visible, notorious, and exclusive, (4) continuous, and (5) under claim of ownership. Bilyeu v. Plant, 75 Ill.App.2d 109, 220 N.E.2d 513. See… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 59acts of possession — To constitute adverse possession, acts of possession must be: (1) hostile or adverse, (2) actual, (3) visible, notorious, and exclusive, (4) continuous, and (5) under claim of ownership. Bilyeu v. Plant, 75 Ill.App.2d 109, 220 N.E.2d 513. See… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 60adverse possession — noun : a possession that is hostile, under a claim or color of title, actual, open, notorious, exclusive, and continuous, continued for the required period of time (generally 20 years) thereby giving an indefeasible right of possession or… …

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