Sentence examples for years of possession from inspiring English sources

But that's the old story: you must not contrast too strongly the hours of courtship with the years of possession...

His 1992 contract says Umaña was a peaceful farmer and sold the land on the authority of three and a half years of possession rights.

In 2010, a Chicago couple was found buried alive under years of possessions.

They shed years of possessions and keepsakes to get by with two shirts and two pairs of pants and two mugs and two forks, in order to occupy what amounts to a monk's cell, for the sake of simplicity, frugality, or upright environmental living.

If no Home Warranty is being provided you may want to consider the purchase of a policy which will protect various items in the home for your first year of possession following the closing.

The arrests also sweep up a distressingly large number of teenagers: 220,000 juveniles were picked up for drug offences in 1997, 82% more than in 1993.Many of those arrested receive mandatory minimum sentences of five or ten years for possession of a few grams of drugs, a dire punishment rushed through Congress in 1986 amid hysteria about crack cocaine.

The father, identified only as S.A., is serving a maximum sentence of 20 years for possession of a handgun.

In 1995, Alcindor was in prison facing a drug sentence of 25 years for possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute.

And the penalties, the maximums, some of them could get 10 years for possession of a joint of marijuana.

Four months ago, Darren exited a California prison after serving nearly 20 years for possession of 0.15 grams of drugs--less than a third the weight of a paper clip.

In early Roman law, two years of continuous possession established title in the case of land, one year in the case of movables.