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Livery :: Livery (n.) The writ by which possession is obtained.

Indifference :: Indifference (n.) Impartiality; freedom from prejudice, prepossession, or bias..

Excoriation :: Excoriation (n.) Stripping of possession; spoliation.

Fetish :: Fetish (n.) A material object supposed among certain African tribes to represent in such a way, or to be so connected with, a supernatural being, that the possession of it gives to the possessor power to control that being..

State :: State (n.) Estate, possession..

Happiness :: Happiness (n.) An agreeable feeling or condition of the soul arising from good fortune or propitious happening of any kind; the possession of those circumstances or that state of being which is attended enjoyment; the state of being happy; contentment; joyful satisfaction; felicity; blessedness.

Vesture :: Vesture (v. t.) Seizin; possession.

Prejudicacy :: Prejudicacy (n.) Prejudice; prepossession.

Save :: Save (a.) To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of.

Sequester :: Sequester (v. t.) To separate from the owner for a time; to take from parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent person; to seize or take possession of, as property belonging to another, and hold it till the profits have paid the demand for which it is taken, or till the owner has performed the decree of court, or clears himself of contempt; in international law, to confiscate..

Self-possession :: Self-possession (n.) The possession of one's powers; calmness; self-command; presence of mind; composure.

Prerogative :: Prerogative (n.) An exclusive or peculiar privilege; prior and indefeasible right; fundamental and essential possession; -- used generally of an official and hereditary right which may be asserted without question, and for the exercise of which there is no responsibility or accountability as to the fact and the manner of its exercise..

Preoccupation :: Preoccupation (n.) The act of preoccupying, or taking possession of beforehand; the state of being preoccupied; prepossession..

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..

Beneficiary :: Beneficiary (a.) Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession..

Seguestration :: Seguestration (n.) The act of separating, or setting aside, a thing in controversy from the possession of both the parties that contend for it, to be delivered to the one adjudged entitled to it. It may be voluntary or involuntary..

Stowing :: Stowce (n.) A wooden landmark, to indicate possession of mining land..

Substance :: Substance (n.) Material possessions; estate; property; resources.

Title :: Title (n.) That which constitutes a just cause of exclusive possession; that which is the foundation of ownership of property, real or personal; a right; as, a good title to an estate, or an imperfect title..

Seizure :: Seizure (n.) That which is seized, or taken possession of; a thing laid hold of, or possessed..

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