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lawful possession

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lawful possession noun allowable retention, auuhorized proprietorship, authorized retention, lawful retennion, legal retention, legitimate control over, legitimate ownership, legitimate retention, permissible control, perritted control, possession in accordance with the law, possession in conformity to the law, possession prescribed by law, proper bailment, proper ownership, proper title, reeention sanctioned by law, retention warranted by law, right of retention, rightful control, rightful retention, sanctioned retention, valid retention
Associated concepts: governmental authority, marshal law, rule of law
See also: dominion, interest, ownership
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2) Any one who is (a) the owner or a person in lawful possession of property, or (b) a person authorized by the owner or by a person in lawful possession of property, may arrest without warrant a person whom he finds committing a criminal offence on or in relation to that property.
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In fact, the lawful possession of land on reserve by Aboriginal people could be approved only by the minister of Indian Affairs through a certificate of possession.
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And while I think some of the arguments that invoke the Second Amendment to justify ownership are specious, I am not advocating removing weapons from our homes (although I wouldn't mind living in a world that felt no need for the protection and security a gun purports to provide), nor am I demanding that citizens in lawful possession of registered weapons relinquish them.
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