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Mandate :: Mandate (n.) A rescript of the pope, commanding an ordinary collator to put the person therein named in possession of the first vacant benefice in his collation..

Satisfaction :: Satisfaction (n.) The act of satisfying, or the state of being satisfied; gratification of desire; contentment in possession and enjoyment; repose of mind resulting from compliance with its desires or demands..

Reinstate :: Reinstate (v. t.) To place again in possession, or in a former state; to restore to a state from which one had been removed; to instate again; as, to reinstate a king in the possession of the kingdom..

Contend :: Contend (v. i.) To struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend..

Obtain :: Obtain (v. t.) To get hold of by effort; to gain possession of; to procure; to acquire, in any way..

Occupant :: Occupant (n.) One who occupies, or takes possession; one who has the actual use or possession, or is in possession, of a thing..

In Posse :: In posse () In possibility; possible, although not yet in existence or come to pass; -- contradistinguished from in esse..

Impropriator :: Impropriator (n.) One who impropriates; specifically, a layman in possession of church property..

Murderer :: Murderer (n.) One guilty of murder; a person who, in possession of his reason, unlawfully kills a human being with premeditated malice..

Take :: Take (v. t.) To obtain possession of by force or artifice; to get the custody or control of; to reduce into subjection to one's power or will; to capture; to seize; to make prisoner; as, to take am army, a city, or a ship; also, to come upon or befall; to fasten on; to attack; to seize; -- said of a disease, misfortune, or the like..

Dispossession :: Dispossession (n.) The putting out of possession, wrongfully or otherwise, of one who is in possession of a freehold, no matter in what title; -- called also ouster..

Vest :: Vest (n.) To clothe with authority, power, or the like; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; -- followed by with before the thing conferred; as, to vest a court with power to try cases of life and death..

Escheat :: Escheat (n.) A writ, now abolished, to recover escheats from the person in possession..

Have :: Have (v. t.) To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm..

Hold :: Hold (v. t.) To have; to possess; to be in possession of; to occupy; to derive title to; as, to hold office..

Attain :: Attain (v. t.) To gain or obtain possession of; to acquire.

Vest :: Vest (n.) To clothe with possession; as, to vest a person with an estate; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of; as, an estate is vested in possession..

Infeudation :: Infeudation (n.) The act of putting one in possession of an estate in fee.

Pledge :: Pledge (n.) To deposit, as a chattel, in pledge or pawn; to leave in possession of another as security; as, to pledge one's watch..

Possess :: Possess (v. t.) To put in possession; to make the owner or holder of property, power, knowledge, etc.; to acquaint; to inform; -- followed by of or with before the thing possessed, and now commonly used reflexively..

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