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Question: What does it mean, "possession is 9/10 of the law"?
Answer: The saying comes from English common law, one of the sources our Founders drew upon in drafting our Constitution.
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On 10/09/08
Kim from OK said:
Seriously NEED SOME ADVICE.....back in mid June my ex roommate(who left in AUG) asked if a friend of hers could store some stuff in the garage. I agreed but only for two weeks as I had plans for the Garage.To make a long story short the roomate is gone and the girl never once called or came by to get her stuff. So I felt it was rightfully mine she obviously abandonded it. She showed up this week demanding her stuff. I told her to leave that it was my stuff now.Should I give it or stand my ground.
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On 09/30/08
Eryn from CA said:
I moved into a room in a house and the person who previously lived in the room left some things behind, including a desk. He said he would pick it up eventually, but a year went by and he never got it. It was left in my room, and when I moved out I took it with me, and now the other roommate is demanding i bring it back, but if it doesn't belong to the other roommate, and was left in my room for a year, doesn't that mean its rightfully mine? certainly more mine than it my roommate since the previous tenant left it for a year. help!
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On 07/31/08
jim from WA said:
Regarding the subject of the 9 points which became 9/10 I don't really know where the tenths came from. I was told the 9 points of the law are the various documents that prove ownership. They would be documents such as leases,deeds,trusts,rental agreements,titles-such as for cars and boats etc. There are several more which create 9 points or legal scripts leaving the rest to your imagination. By holding something physical such as money or gold in your possession gives you a non-represented right to possession but then again if the country who protects your legal rights folds. It's yours.
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On 02/02/08
Corey from FL said:
I'm not 18 just yet and I live with my Aunt. When she tries to take things to punish me, I say she can't because their my things, she has no rights over them. Am I right?
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On 10/27/07
Anon. from SC said:
I recently ended a relationship with a guy I didn't live with. After 2 years, a lot of things are at his house but he wont let me go get them. I can get an officer to come with me, but how does that work. And stuff like the computer. There is no way to prove this but we agreed that if I gave him 300$ toward one he built himself, I could take the old one if I ever wanted to. If I brought an officer with me would that hold up if he disagreed? I'm assuming not...
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