Examples of British possession in a sentence
All proclamations, treaties, and other acts of State of any foreign State, or of any British possession may be proved in any court or before any person acting judicially, either by examined copies or by copies sealed with the seal of the foreign State or British possession to which the original document belongs.
In relation to aBritish ship Manx ship in foreign waters other than the sea and other waters within the seaward limits of the territorial sea adjacent to any relevant British possession, the Secretary of State may give authority under paragraph (1) only if the State in whose waters the power would be exercised consents to the exercise of the power.
It shall be lawful for Her Majesty in Council from time to time to direct that this Act shall apply, as if, subject to the conditions, exceptions, and qualifications (if any) contained in the Order, any place out of Her Majesty’s dominions in which Her Majesty has jurisdiction, and which is named in the Order, were a British possession and part of Her Majesty’s dominions, and to provide for carrying into effect such application.
They did not, however, retain them long; but, upon the evacuation of the country as a British possession, two or three English families took up their residence there independently of the Government.
At the time of the unnamed man’s birth Hong Kong was a British possession hence his entitlement to British subject status.