Property is in a person's presence when it is within the area of his immediate control.

Adherence to this program could provide immediate control of costs without the need for a government review commission.

He agreed to this, but chose to launch a night attack on the territory two years later, taking immediate control.

By being on the scene, the top commanders have more immediate control over the front-line forces.

The men spoke rapidly to each other, trying to gain immediate control.

He liked to keep things in his immediate control.

A team tends to be handed down within a family or sold to very wealthy individuals who want immediate control.

In politics and history, a colony is a territory under the immediate political control of a state.

They were responsible for the immediate control of their estates.

Nor have we lost the immediate control of the situation.