- Possessio est quasi pedis positio
- Possession is, as it were, the position or placing of the foot.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
possessio — /pazesh(iy)ow/ Lat. Civil law. That condition of fact under which one can exercise his power over a corporeal thing at his pleasure, to the exclusion of all others. This condition of fact is called detention, and it forms the substance of… … Black's law dictionary