| 单词 | nine points of the law |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnine (formerly also †eleven) points of the law e. One tenth or (formerly) one twelfth. Chiefly in nine (formerly also †eleven) points of the law, used allusively, with reference to the proverbial phrase possession is nine points of the law: see possession n. 1c. Cf. nine-tenths n.In quot. 1863 (hyperbolically): one hundredth. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal possession > held in possession [phrase] > possession is nine or eleven points of the law nine (formerly also eleven) points of the law1616 possession is nine (formerly hyperbolically also eleven) points of the law1712 the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > ten > [noun] > a tenth tenth part (deal, dole)854 tithingc1300 teindc1330 tithelingc1390 tentha1400 tithe?a1475 denary1577 decimal1610 point1616 decima1631 decimate1676 the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > eleven to ninety-nine > [noun] > twelve > a twelfth twelfth1557 twelfth part1590 point1616 1616 T. Draxe Adages 163 Possession is nine points in the Law. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre v. xxix. 281 At this day the Turk hath eleven points of the law in Jerusalem, I mean possession. 1697–8 I. Watts Reliquiæ Juv. (1789) 149 Prejudice and education had eleven points of the law, and it was impossible for arguments to dispossess them. 1730 C. Coffey Female Parson ii. iv. 32 For you know Possession is eleven Points of the Law; so that Delays are hazardous. 1792 J. Belknap Foresters xiii. 162 It was a doubt in law whether real estate could be held by such tenure, but Bull had possession, and that you know is eleven points of the law. 1863 C. Reade Very Hard Cash xliii Possession is ninety-nine points of Lunacy law. 1880 E. Lynn Linton Rebel of Family ix ‘You have it in your possession still.’ ‘My nine points? Rather shaky ones, I fear.’ 1957 Amer. Econ. Rev. 47 659 Possession would seem to be an absolute prerequisite to (if not nine points of) the ability to impart. 1991 B. Howell Dandelion Days (BNC) 196 ‘Just keep a tight hold on these documents,’ Otley advised her. ‘Possession is nine points of the law.’ < as lemmas |
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