Not possessed

NOT POSSESSED. A plea sometimes used in actions of trover, when the defendant was not possessed of the goods at the commencement of the action. 3 Mann. & Gr. 101, 103.

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Whether his religion was real, or consisted only in appearance, I shall not presume to say, as I am not possessed of any touchstone which can distinguish the true from the false.
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Bounderby - who, as we know, is not possessed of that delicacy which would soften so tight a hand.
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Police sources said that during the search and sweep operation of seminaries, police checked documents of 1094 student and warned the administration not to allow entry of any student or stay in their madrassa who have not possessed documents.
After investigation, the police released 35 people while took action against 12 persons who have not possessed complete their documents.
Seminary students' documents checked
administration not to allow entry of any student or stay in their madaris who have not possessed documents.
Documents of 1500 seminary students checked
Does she really think the Russian fleet would have been deterred if the West had not possessed nuclear weapons?
Nuclear weapons a vital deterrent; LETTER FROM THE PAST
She told Wales on Sunday: "We only recruit externally in exceptional cases when the work in question requires expertise and skills that are not possessed by existing Welsh Assembly Government staff."
Assembly job advertised without WAG knowledge
THIS IS BRENDA THE AGED SEA HAG ON THE MOST OBSCURE CHEESECAKE NEWSBREAK ON TV, THE RING-LEADER OF THAT TERROR PLOT IS A PHOENIX STOCKBOY WHO NEVER TRAINED WITH OSAMA, DIDN'T HAVE EXPLOSIVES, AND HAS NOT POSSESSED CHEESE SINCE 2003.
Troubletown: as the plot unfolds ...)
World Net Daily reports a summary of the bill, A3998 by Assemblyman Louis Manzo, D, Jersey City, would authorize the forfeiture of any "motor vehicle, building or premise" if a firearm is found in it that is not possessed legally per state law--"even if the firearm was not possessed by the owner of the motor vehicle, building or premise."--Courtesy NSSF
New Jersey on seize-o-matic
The arboreal protest ended when Jones, not possessed of a koala's gripping abilities, lost his balance while talking with the police and fell.
Aussie Daniel Jones, hero to many and to one special tree in particular, broke an arm and a leg when he fell out of a tree he had inhabited in a nonviolent protest against the destruction of trees for a Woolworth's in Maleny, Australia
Cabaret singer Lisa Marie Scally (25), of Priory Road, Maidstone, Kent, told Maidstone Crown Court she had not possessed 155mgs of cocaine on January 30 this year.
Soccer chief's wife denies possession of cocaine
To us, it was of course to nobody....That's what led me, in the thirties, to the idea that the whole problem was the utilization of information dispersed among thousands of people and not possessed by anyone."
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