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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
vacant possession
noun
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▪ And of course for that, you do get vacant possession.
▪ People who sell will want to sell with vacant possession, and that means asking people to leave.
▪ They think it unlikely that the company would sell the properties without vacant possession.
▪ Virtually all empty dwellings were now sold with vacant possession, at extremely high prices.
▪ Where properties are untenanted, Retirement Assured has valued them at open market value with vacant possession.
▪ Would you have to pay income tax on it, and could you get vacant possession when you needed it?
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Vacant Possession (novel)

Vacant Possession is the title of the second novel by British author Hilary Mantel, first published in 1986 by Chatto and Windus. It continues the story from her first novel Every Day is Mother's Day and is set some ten years later with the same cast of characters.

Vacant Possession

Vacant Possession may refer to:

  • Vacant possession, legal term
  • Vacant Possession (film), 1995 film
  • Vacant Possession (novel), 1986 novel
Vacant Possession (film)

Vacant Possession is a 1995 Australian drama film, directed and written by Margot Nash. The film was nominated for 5 awards at the 1995 Australian Film Institute Awards.

Usage examples of "vacant possession".

He had dreamed of this moment, how he would finally evict the Spell and take vacant possession of his own head and learn all those lesser spells which had, up until hen, been too frightened to stay in his mind.

Technically, of course, the man had bought himself vacant possession of a thousand hells and a month or two of the attentions of the Quisition, but now Brutha could see that he was a member of the Divine Legion.

They had evolved on Eggplant, but six hundred years ago had accepted a cash grant and the deeds of Band in exchange for vacant possession.