"Possession is nine tenths of the law." (Though Wikipedia tells me it means something else: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possession_is_nine-tenths_of_the_law

"Possession is nine tenths of the law." (Though Wikipedia tells me it means something else: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possession_is_nine-tenths_of_the_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possession_is_nine-tenths_of_t... My assumption has always been that the phrase meant that 90% of law is related to who owns what, basically.)