Sentence examples for considered possession from inspiring English sources

But a memo from one senior civil servant made it clear that Britain considered possession to be nine-tenths of the law.

Since 1977, New York state has considered possession of less than 25 grams (about 7/8 of an ounce) a non-criminal violation akin to a traffic ticket – unless the drug is "open to public view".

The I.R.S. said it considered "possession, command and control of the aircraft" as main factors in determining whether an airplane is really owned, and therefore whether a tax is owed or not.

Carrying this on your person would be considered possession of a deadly weapon in most if not all countries.

Even in a society where children are considered possessions, the Gastonguay's for all intents and purposes kidnapped their own daughters.

Khamenei, who has the final say on all state matters in Iran, also said that western powers know "we are not seeking nuclear weapons because the Islamic Republic of Iran considers possession of nuclear weapons a sin... and believes that holding such weapons is useless, harmful and dangerous".

The rules consider possession whenever the goalie is holding the ball with his hands, or if the ball somewhere between his body and the ground.[14].[14]

Scarcely four pages into the book he is tackling the notion that for most of history, up to Tudor England perhaps, it was the use of land and not land itself that was considered a possession.

Als's words describe the premise that Gone With the Wind enacts: that it is the white and beautiful who must be rooted for, their individual complications considered, their possession of privilege assumed rightful, and their complicity in injustice ignored.

Trash picking is illegal in California — once a bin is rolled out onto the sidewalk the contents are considered the possession of the trash collection company, according to Robert Reed, a spokesman for Recology, the company contracted to collect San Francisco's garbage.

· Redefines the quantity of drugs that is considered "simple possession" from 1 gram or less to 4 grams or less of a schedule I or II drug and 2 grams or less of methamphetamine.