A small part, division, or portion of a whole. One tenth or (formerly) one twelfth. Chiefly in nine (formerly also †eleven) points of the law, used…
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| 释义 | society > law > legal possession > held in possession [phrase] > possession is nine or eleven points of the law (2) nine (formerly also eleven) points of the law1616 A small part, division, or portion of a whole. One tenth or (formerly) one twelfth. Chiefly in nine (formerly also †eleven) points of the law, used… possession is nine (formerly hyperbolically also eleven) points of the law1712 possession is nine (formerly hyperbolically also †eleven) points of the lawand variants (now frequently possession is nine-tenths of the law)… |
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