possessory

Example Sentences

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The company is appealing, arguing it doesn’t meet the qualifications to have a possessory interest.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2023

“It seems to recognize that a former president has a possessory interest in terms of documents.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 5, 2022

The part of these dating codes that I dislike is the possessory interest it gives our friends over third parties.

From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2018

TV does that—that powerful, possessory bond with the audience.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 21, 2015

They seemed to hold a possessory right to the distinguished positions, and to dictate who should be elected to the minor ones.

From The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest by Sparks, William Henry