legal possession
Lawful claim kept
Legal possession is the state of having lawful custody or control over property, whether physical or through documentation.
A person may have legal possession of a car through a title, or of a home through a lease, even without being present.
The term distinguishes rightful control from mere physical holding: a thief has actual possession but not legal possession.
The bank retained legal possession until the mortgage was paid off.
- deedWritten property conveyance
- clear titleUncontested ownership proof
- titleFormal honorific or name
- usufructRight to another's property
- right of wayLegal passage privilege
contract · occupancy · ownership · property rights · tenancy · custodianship · registration · estate · due process · squatter's rights · finders keepers · conveyance · real estate · escrow · lease agreement · encumbrance · enforceability · lawful
- property rightsownership, property rights, private property, real property, title
- real estatehouse, home, apartment, property, sale
- pledgesvow, promise, I promise, wedding vows, I vow
- property transfertransfer of ownership, title, property transfer, lease, conveyance
- property lawfreehold, leasehold, deed, deeds, title
legal possessionillegal possession
Crime of holding prohibited items
unlawful possession · contraband · stolen property · theft · larceny
legal possessiondispossession
Deprival of property rights
forfeiture · confiscation · seizure · repossession · expropriation