Possessio Civilis

In Roman law. A legal possession, i. e., a possessing accompanied with the intention to be or to thereby become owner, and, as so understood, it was distinguished from "possessio naturalis," otherwise called "nuda detentio," which was a possessing without any such intention. Possessio civilis was the basis of usucapio or of longi temporis possessio, and was usually, but not necessarily, adverse possession. Brown. POSSESSIO EST QUASI PEDIS POSItio. Possession is, as it were, the position of the foot. 3 Coke, 42. POSSESSIO FRATRIS (Lat. the brother's possession). A technical phrase applied in the English law relating to descents, to denote the possession by one in such privity with a person as to be considered the person's own possession. POSSESSIO FRATRIS DE FEODO SIMplicl facit sororem esse haeredem. Possession of the brother in fee simple makes the sister to be heir. 3 Coke, 42; 2 Bl. Comm. 227; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 473. POSSESSIO PACIFICA POUR ANNS 60 facit jus. Peaceable possession for sixty years gives a right. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 26.

In Roman law. A legal possession i. e., a possessing accompanied with the intention to be or to thereby become owner; and, as so understood, it was distinguished from "possessio naturalis," otherwise called "nuda detentio," which was a possessing without any such intention. Possessio dvilis was the basis of usucapio or of longi temporis possessio, and was usually (but not necessarily) adverse possession. Brown.

Defined under Possessio in Black's Law Dictionary.