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Disinherit :: Disinherit (v. t.) To cut off from an inheritance or from hereditary succession; to prevent, as an heir, from coming into possession of any property or right, which, by law or custom, would devolve on him in the course of descent..

Prepossess :: Prepossess (v. t.) To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous possession of..

Pass :: Pass (v. i.) To move or be transferred from one state or condition to another; to change possession, condition, or circumstances; to undergo transition; as, the business has passed into other hands..

Possession :: Possession (n.) The thing possessed; that which any one occupies, owns, or controls; in the plural, property in the aggregate; wealth; dominion; as, foreign possessions..

Exchequer :: Exchequer (n.) The department of state having charge of the collection and management of the royal revenue. [Eng.] Hence, the treasury; and, colloquially, pecuniary possessions in general; as, the company's exchequer is low..

Imparsonee :: Imparsonee (a.) Presented, instituted, and inducted into a rectory, and in full possession..

Predilection :: Predilection (n.) A previous liking; a prepossession of mind in favor of something; predisposition to choose or like; partiality.

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

Monandry :: Monandry (n.) The possession by a woman of only one husband at the same time; -- contrasted with polyandry.

Feoffment :: Feoffment (n.) A gift or conveyance in fee of land or other corporeal hereditaments, accompanied by actual delivery of possession..

Trover :: Trover (n.) The gaining possession of any goods, whether by finding or by other means..

Indwell :: Indwell (v. t. & i.) To dwell in; to abide within; to remain in possession.

Wealthy :: Wealthy (superl.) Having wealth; having large possessions, or larger than most men, as lands, goods, money, or securities; opulent; affluent; rich..

Possessive :: Possessive (a.) Of or pertaining to possession; having or indicating possession.

Possessionary :: Possessionary (a.) Of or pertaining to possession; arising from possession.

Settlement :: Settlement (n.) Bestowal, or giving possession, under legal sanction; the act of giving or conferring anything in a formal and permanent manner..

Detainer :: Detainer (n.) The keeping possession of what belongs to another; detention of what is another's, even though the original taking may have been lawful. Forcible detainer is indictable at common law..

Begrudge :: Begrudge (v. t.) To grudge; to envy the possession of.

Divestiture :: Divestiture (n.) The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc..

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

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