possession is nine points of the law

"Have you ever heard that old saying that 'possession is nine points of the law'?

Possession is nine points of the law.

'That may be the law, madame, but in this country you have a saying "Possession is nine points of the law."

"I need hardly tell you that possession is nine points of the law, and that we intend to remain.

There's an old Earth maxim that possession is nine points of the law- that's undoubtedly what the Cardassians will argue, as well.

The idea, after all, is obvious: squatters' rights; possession is nine points of the law; the more settlements, the stronger the case for permanent occupation.

"I've thought of that," Lew said, "The Terrans have a saying; possession is nine points of the law.

For in addition to his country's geopolitical insignificance, he is also laboring on the wrong side of one of the oldest political maxims: possession is nine points of the law.

When we asked for our grub back, you just told us that we had no legal recourse; possession is nine points of the law, and we had a perfect right to make free gifts.

The expression is also stated as "possession is nine points of the law", which is credited as derived from the Scottish expression "possession is eleven points in the law, and they say there are but twelve".