possession is nine-tenths of the law

English

Alternative forms

• possession is nine points of the law

Etymology

From possession is nine points of the law.

Proverb

possession is nine-tenths of the law

1. One who has possession of a thing has some right to it; a popular statement of the doctrine of adverse possession.

Translations

proverb

• Hebrew: גדולה חזקה מטענה, חזקה היא תשע עשיריות מהחוק, המחזיק בנכס הוא כמעט בעליו החוקי

See also

• use it or lose it
• Adverse possession on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• finders keepers