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The present _possideo_ only means 'to possess;' but the past tenses, _possedi_, _possessum_, at the same time have the meaning of 'taking possession,' as if they were formed from a present _possido_, _possidere_.
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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Quam autem habet æquitatem, ut agrum multis annis, aut etiam sæculis ante possessum, qui nullum habuit habeat; qui autem habuit amittat?
Paras. 250-274 1909
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Quam autem habet æquitatem, ut agrum multis annis, aut etiam sæculis ante possessum, qui nullum habuit habeat, qui autem habuit amittat?
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763
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