Possessory

Relating to possession; founded on possession; contemplating or claiming possession.

— Possessory action. See next title.

— Possessory claim. The title of a pre-emptor of public lands who has filed his declaratory statement but has not paid for the land. Enoch v. Spokane Falls & N. Ry. Co , 6 Wash. 393, 33 Pac. 966.

— Possessory judgment. In Scotch practice. A judgment which entities a person who has uninterruptedly been in possession for seven years to continue his possession until the question of right be decided in due course of law. Bell.

— Possessory lien. One which attaches to such articles of another's as may be at the time in the possession of the lienor, as, for example, an attorney's lien on the papers and documents of the client in his possession. Weed Sewing Mach. Co. v. Boutelle, 56 Vt 570, 48 Am. Rep. 821.