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Alternating-Possession Rule - Basketball (gambling)


In high school and college Basketball, most jump balls have been eliminated in favor of a rule that the teams take turns gaining possession for a throw-in after a held ball and similar stoppages of play when possession is in question. The possession arrow indicates which team gets the ball on the next such occasion.

vavasour (iou)



vavasour noun. , vavassor, & Other vars. ME.
[Old French vavas(s)our (mod. vavasseur) from medieval Latin vavas(s)or, perh. from vassus vassorum vassal of vassals. Cf. VASSAL noun.]
Hist. A person holding his lands not directly from the crown but from a vassal of the crown (esp. a baron); a subvassal.