(transitive, law) To take ownership of (property) through the doctrine of adverse possession.

(law) A means of acquiring title to another's real property without compensation by occupying the property in a manner that has under common law the requirements of being actual, open and notorious, exclusive, hostile, under cover of claim or right, and continuous for a certain number of years.

(idiomatic) A brief answer or opinion. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see answer, on, a, postcard.

Infected by HIV.

(law) Law explicitly made, as compared to natural law, prescribed by express enactment or institution.

A machine used to print prepaid labels onto pieces of mail, and to record total postage charges.

present participle of play possum

plural of positive law

(uncountable) The quality of being positive; positivity. / (countable) The result of being positive

A female postmaster