Note 236 — Chapter XIV · POSSESSION (Continued).

The explicit recognition of mediate possession (mittelbarer Besitz) in its fullest extent is a characteristic feature of the German Civil Code (sects. 868–871): “If any one possesses a thing as usufructuary, pledgee, tenant, borrower, or depositee, or in any similar capacity by virtue of which he is entitled or bound with respect to some other person to keep possession of the thing for a limited time, then that other person has possession of it also (mediate possession).” See Dernburg, Das bürgerliche Recht, III. sect. 13. Windscheid, I. pp. 697–701.