VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Possession is nine points of the law

Meaning:

Possession is nine points of the lawis a phrase used to suggest that if you really possess something, you will easily claim its ownership than someone who just says it belongs to him or her.

Examples:

  • Well, possession is nine points of the law.
  • Possession is nine points of the law, and it's all of us out here now, ain't it?
  • Possession is nine points of the law, and it's all of us out here, ain't it?