"Possessory" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
Relating to possession; founded on possession; contemplating 'or claiming possession
Of or pertaining to possession, either as a fact or a
right; of the nature of possession; as, a possessory interest; a
possessory lord.
Their faces were inches apart now, and he traced her lips with one finger, lightly, lightly, then placed his lips there as if he’d drawn them into being.
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An old lady saw a little boy with a fishing-rod over his shoulder and a jar of tadpoles in his hand walking through the park one Sunday. "Little boy," she called, "don't you know you shouldn't go fishing on a Sunday?" "I'm not going fishing, ma'am," he called back, "I'm going home."
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