Definition of possession

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Possession (v. t.) To invest with property.

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In-going :: In-going (a.) Going; entering, as upon an office or a possession; as, an in-going tenant..
Disappropriate :: Disappropriate (v. t.) To sever from appropriation or possession a spiritual corporation.
Escheat :: Escheat (n.) A writ, now abolished, to recover escheats from the person in possession..
Confusion :: Confusion (n.) The state of being abashed or disconcerted; loss self-possession; perturbation; shame.
Induct :: Induct (v. t.) To introduce, as to a benefice or office; to put in actual possession of the temporal rights of an ecclesiastical living, or of any other office, with the customary forms and ceremonies..
Undevil :: Undevil (v. t.) To free from possession by a devil or evil spirit; to exorcise.
Safeness :: Safeness (n.) The quality or state of being safe; freedom from hazard, danger, harm, or loss; safety; security; as the safeness of an experiment, of a journey, or of a possession..
Reseize :: Reseize (v. t.) To put in possession again; to reinstate.
Possession :: Possession (n.) The having, holding, or detention of property in one's power or command; actual seizin or occupancy; ownership, whether rightful or wrongful..
Seizor :: Seizor (n.) One who seizes, or takes possession..
Amotion :: Amotion (n.) Deprivation of possession.
Capacity :: Capacity (n.) Ability; power pertaining to, or resulting from, the possession of strength, wealth, or talent; possibility of being or of doing..
Command :: Command (n.) The possession or exercise of authority.
Proprietor :: Proprietor (n.) One who has the legal right or exclusive title to anything, whether in possession or not; an owner; as, the proprietor of farm or of a mill..
Monopoly :: Monopoly (n.) Exclusive possession; as, a monopoly of land..
Monandry :: Monandry (n.) The possession by a woman of only one husband at the same time; -- contrasted with polyandry.
Prepossess :: Prepossess (v. t.) To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous possession of..
Take :: Take (v. t.) In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the hands, or otherwise; to grasp; to get into one's hold or possession; to procure; to seize and carry away; to convey..
Encyclopedism :: Encyclopedism (n.) The art of writing or compiling encyclopedias; also, possession of the whole range of knowledge; encyclopedic learning..
Admittance :: Admittance (n.) The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate.
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