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Stranger :: Stranger (n.) One not privy or party an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right; as, actual possession of land gives a good title against a stranger having no title; as to strangers, a mortgage is considered merely as a pledge; a mere stranger to the levy..

Sequestrator :: Sequestrator (n.) One who sequesters property, or takes the possession of it for a time, to satisfy a demand out of its rents or profits..

Seize :: Seize (v. t.) To take possession of by force.

Having :: Having (n.) Possession; goods; estate.

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

Outer :: Outer (v.) One who puts out, ousts, or expels; also, an ouster; dispossession..

Heir :: Heir (n.) One who inherits, or is entitled to succeed to the possession of, any property after the death of its owner; one on whom the law bestows the title or property of another at the death of the latter..

Investiture :: Investiture (n.) The act or ceremony of investing, or the of being invested, as with an office; a giving possession; also, the right of so investing..

Covet :: Covet (v. t.) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of; -- used in a good sense.

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

Polydactylism :: Polydactylism (n.) The possession of more that the normal number of digits.

Confer :: Confer (v. t.) To grant as a possession; to bestow.

Encroachment :: Encroachment (n.) An unlawful diminution of the possessions of another.

Entry :: Entry (n.) The actual taking possession of lands or tenements, by entering or setting foot on them..

Consign :: Consign (v. t.) To give, transfer, or deliver, in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another, or into a different state, with the sense of fixedness in that state, or permanence of possession; as, to consign the body to the grave..

Surprisement :: Surprise (n.) To hold possession of; to hold.

Singularity :: Singularity (n.) Possession of a particular or exclusive privilege, prerogative, or distinction..

Grasp :: Grasp (n.) Forcible possession; hold.

Heritage :: Heritage (a.) A possession; the Israelites, as God's chosen people; also, a flock under pastoral charge..

Devoid :: Devoid (v. t.) Destitute; not in possession; -- with of; as, devoid of sense; devoid of pity or of pride..

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