quiet possession
noun[U]
LAWukustherightto own or usepropertyorgoodswithout anyonecausingyou anydifficulties:
The hirer will beallowedtoenjoyquietpossessionof thegoods.
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quiet enjoyment
| 单词 | quiet possession |
| 释义 | quiet possession noun[U] LAWukustherightto own or usepropertyorgoodswithout anyonecausingyou anydifficulties: The hirer will beallowedtoenjoyquietpossessionof thegoods. Compare quiet enjoyment Examplesofquiet possessionquiet possession I have takenquietpossessionof the parsonage, finding it empty. FromProject Gutenberg The enemy moved forward to ascertain the fact, and finding the news too true, left us inquietpossessionof it. FromProject Gutenberg On going nearer the nest, there was another hedgehog inquietpossession. FromProject Gutenberg If innocent, why was it that she was now so much moved, after twenty years ofquietpossession? FromProject Gutenberg The enemy fled towards the fort, and left us inquietpossessionof the outer fortification. FromProject Gutenberg It will be useless to wage war against vagrancy if we leave the enemy inquietpossessionof his cover. FromProject Gutenberg They have, for their keynote, the happiness of one who loves true liberty inquietpossessionof himself. FromProject Gutenberg There they were, with their wives and children, inquietpossessionof their different habitations. FromProject Gutenberg He tookquietpossessionof the agitated trembling creature who had carried her empire over herself too far. FromProject Gutenberg But he was not admitted into "quietpossession," according to the words of the will. FromProject Gutenberg These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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