exclusive possession

collocation in English

meaningsofexclusiveandpossession

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exclusive
adjective
uk
/ɪkˈskluː.sɪv/us
/ɪkˈskluː.sɪv/
limited to only one person or group ...
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possession
noun
uk
/pəˈzeʃ.ən/us
/pəˈzeʃ.ən/
the fact that you have or ...
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(Definition ofexclusiveandpossessionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofexclusive possession

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I assume that on the grounds that the grazer does not have what is known in agricultural terms asexclusivepossession.
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No worker havingexclusivepossessionof service accommodation can be evicted without an order from the court.
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I did not quite understand whether to take the expression "exclusivepossession"or the expression"premises".
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This is a narrower point, concerning an authority'sexclusivepossessionof land for a period of not less than five years.
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However, a person who hasexclusivepossessionof the premises is a tenant unless there are special circumstances negativing an intention to create a tenancy.
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The matter sought to be dealt with is the question of possession, and for that reason the draftsmen prefer "exclusivepossession"to"exclusive occupation".
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He has dealt with "exclusivepossession"and"exclusive occupation", but he did not deal with "premises as a residence".
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There is a bailment in so far as there can be a bailment, and he is inexclusivepossessionof this portion of the premises.
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I emphasise that it is a contribution and not anexclusivepossession.
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Then we get the extension of this to all classes of licensees and tenants who, under the terms of their employment, have thisexclusivepossession.
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I suggest that instead of "a purpose-built block of flats", we should describe it as "a purpose-built block of self-contained flats or maisonettes capable ofexclusivepossession".
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Exclusivepossessionis the essence of a lease, and irrelevant that the agreement purported to be a licence.
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The bank was givenexclusivepossessionof the government's balances, and was the only limited-liability corporation allowed to issue banknotes.
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The court found that the statutory pastoral leases under consideration by the court did not bestow rights ofexclusivepossessionon the leaseholder.
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Sometimes it may be difficult to discover whether, on the true construction of an agreement,exclusivepossessionis conferred.
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We have had many instances lately of occupiers inexclusivepossessionwho have been held to be not tenants, but only licencees.
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In distinguishing between them, a crucial test has sometimes been supposed to be whether the occupier hasexclusivepossessionor not.
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Proudhon was clear that his opposition to property did not extend toexclusivepossessionof labor-made wealth.
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