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1828 Aug. 9
Blackstone

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(1 Possession

1st ; i.e. a literal of possession
To have a thing is said instead of to hire

☞ Here upon Blackstone
this possessor of its
like
no direct

Ch. or §. Of possession

Note or End? Possession undefinable

Possession is a word one of those one of those words
which in the ordinary sense of the word definition, is
not capable of being defined: there is not any thing
of which it is a sort.

Exposition necessary:
All to be done by paraphrases.
The proposition it imports
must be delivered, & of this
the equivalent must be given
by another proposition having
clearer term of principal
import.

At the same time the a clear explanation conception of its import
is a result of primary and perpetually recurring
importance. For this purpose and an exposition must
be given of it: and the only sort of exposition it is susceptible
of is that which has been stiled termed a paraphrase.
A proposition of which it is the term of principal import
must be delivered; and of this proposition the equivalent
must be given in and by another proposition being for
for its principal import some other term the us
to which a in common use clearer and more precise which is in common
one generally concept.

[|] Possession is either physical
or legal. Possession
the physical legal sense has
for its foundation, and
bears reference to, possession
in the physical sense

Exposition. To be in possession
of moveable or unmoveable
is, to have faculty
of using it for your own benefit
Possession physical or legal —
legal is founded on physical

Exposition , in the character of subject matters of property, is the period put aside —
You are said to have possession of the thing in
question when in some way or other you have the faculty moveable or immovable — to be in possession of it
in so far as you have the faculty of making employment of it
of using that you have speaking the the power of using
the free exempt from all impediments that can be applied to you by any legal power in the hands of any other person
making to that same end to your own. for your own benefit

So many different uses briefs which according to him so many different
persons may derive from it or rather so many different eyes
which so many different persons may at the same time put
it to, so many persons may be said to be in possession of it,
though in so many different ways.

Thus in possession of house,
if in it, or at a distance &
so of furniture & stock.
In furniture employed for
your benefit by your hand
in the second, with possession by others

Thus you are said to be in possession of your house,
whether you are living in it, or at a distance of half
the globe from it: of your house, and so of the furniture
in it and the stock, liv dead and live belonging to
In the first place case non are the hands by which you can make
employment of it be your own for your own benefit are you own, and by your possession
any other hands likewise: in the other case, your own hands are by the nature of things
excepted.

Identifier: | JB/031/013/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 31.
Date_1	1828-08-09	Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	031	Main Headings	civil code
Folio number	013	Info in main headings field	blackstone
Image	001	Titles	ch. of possession
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d1 / e1
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	b&m 1828
Marginals	richard doane	Paper Producer	arthur moore; richard doane
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1828
Notes public		ID Number	9699
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