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POSSIBILITY

Categories: Property

Definition (1910 Edition)

ed a “possessory” action, because it lies only for a plaintiff who, at the moment of the injury complained of, was in actual or constructive, immediate, and exclusive possession. 1 Chit. Pl. 168, 169.

which may happen.

tion of the fee. Carney v. Kain, 40 W. Va. 758, 23 8. FE. 650.—Possibility on a possibility. A remote possibility, as if a remaipder be limited in particular to A.’s son John, or Edward, it is bad if he have no son of that name, for it is too remote a possibility that he should not only have a son, but a son of that particular name. 2 Coke, 51.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain. UK commentary and modern updates are original additions. This entry is for educational reference only and does not constitute legal advice.