Translation for "tenía posesión" to english

Tenía posesión

• had possession
• he had possession

Translation examples

had possession

El Reino Unido ha tenido la posesión de las islas desde 1833 pero, como todos saben, la posesión no es sinónimo de soberanía.
The United Kingdom had had possession of the Islands since 1833, but as everyone knew, possession was not a synonym for sovereignty.

La diferencia estriba en que en el caso de la posesión un tercero puede cerciorarse de que el otorgante ya no tiene la posesión del bien gravado, mientras que en el caso del control un tercero no podrá saber que el control ya no está en manos del otorgante.
The difference was that in the case of possession a third party was able to ascertain that the grantor no longer had possession of the encumbered asset, whereas in the case of control a third party would be unable to tell that control had passed from the grantor.

El cura tenía posesión de la ranura cuando los primeros hombres fueron llevados al pozo.
The curate had possession of the slit when the first men were brought to the pit.