exclusive possession

General Shiro Ishii, who remained free until his death in 1959 — were granted immunity from prosecution as war criminals by the United States in exchange for Americans’ securing “exclusive possession of Japan’s expertise in using germs as lethal weapons.”

Second, a monopolist exerts exclusive possession or control of something and prevents others from engaging in it.

The judge noted that while the state may have regulatory control of land and water, there is no basis to support the notion that it has exclusive possession of water.

The U.S. had one piece of insurance, and that was its exclusive possession of nuclear weapons–but that was bound to change at any moment, as the Soviets came closer to perfecting nuclear weapons of their own.

A King County Superior Court commissioner signed a writ of restitution Nov. 18, upholding Inland’s right to exclusive possession of the motel and giving sheriff’s deputies legal authority to “break and enter” into all but two of the units, court records show.