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An action which has for its Immediate object to obtain or recover the actual possession of the subject matter ; as distinguished from an action which merely seeks to vindicate the plaintiffs title, or which involves the bare right only; the latter being called a "petitory" action. An action founded pn possession. Trespass for injuries to personal property ia called a … [Read more...] about POSSESSORY ACTION

A right to possess, occupy or otherwise use a parcel of real estate (as opposed to a right claiming title or ownership of real estate.) … [Read more...] about POSSESSORY INTEREST

Latin: Possibility; a possibility. Possibilitas post dissolutionem executionis nunquam reviviscatur, a possibility will never be revived after the dissolution of its execution. 1 Rolle, 321. Post executioncm status, lex non patitur possi-bilitatem, after the execution of an estate the law does not suffer a possibility. 3 Bulst. 108. … [Read more...] about POSSIBILITAS

Testimony that is personally witnessed, either seen or heard. … [Read more...] about POSITIVE EVIDENCE

An uncertain thing which may happen. A contingent interest in real or personal estate. Kinzie v. Winston, 14 Fed. Cas. 651; Bodenhamer v. Welch, 89 N. C. 78; Needles v. Needles, 7 Ohio St. 442, 70 Am. Dec. 85. It is either near, (or ordinary,) as where an estate is limited to one after the death of another, or remote, (or extraordinary,) as where it is limited to a man, … [Read more...] about POSSIBILITY