Put+in+possession
11put someone wise — (informal) TELL, inform, notify, apprise, make aware, put in the picture, fill in; warn, alert; informal clue in/up, tip off. → wise * * * put someone wise (esp US informal) To put someone in possession of essential information, make someone… …
12Possession and other relationships — This entry explains how to show that something belongs to or is related to something else. There are six basic ways of doing this: • using a possessive determiner such as my or their in front of the main noun • adding apostrophe s ( s) to the end …
13possession and other relationships — This entry explains how to show that something belongs to or is related to something else. There are six basic ways of doing this: • using a possessive determiner such as my or their in front of the main noun • adding apostrophe s ( s) to the end …
14put\ one's\ hands\ on — • lay one s hands on • get one s hands on • put one s hands on v. phr. 1. To seize in order to punish or treat roughly. If I ever lay my hands on that boy he ll be sorry. Compare: lay a finger on 2. To get possession of. He was unable to lay his… …
15put to a right — Having a mere right to property, without either possession or even the right of possession. 2 Bl Comm 197 …
16possession — pos•ses•sion [[t]pəˈzɛʃ ən[/t]] n. 1) the act or fact of possessing 2) the state of being possessed 3) ownership 4) law Law. actual holding or occupancy, either with or without rights of ownership 5) a thing possessed or owned 6) possessions,… …
17Non-possession — is a philosophy that holds that no one or anything possesses anything.[1] It is one of the principles of Satyagraha, a philosophical system based on various religious and philosophical traditions originating in India and Asia Minor, and put into… …
18open and notorious possession — Possession evidenced by such acts and conduct as are sufficient to put a man of ordinary prudence on notice of the fact that the land in question is held by the claimant as his own. 3 Am J2d Adv P § 47. Possession of such openness as that the… …
19To put forth the hand against — Hand Hand (h[a^]nd), n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[ o]nd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hin[thorn]an to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.] 1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in …
20To put the finishing hand to — Hand Hand (h[a^]nd), n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[ o]nd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hin[thorn]an to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.] 1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in …
